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Spyware - should I be 4rsed?

Old Oct 22, 2002 | 09:08 AM
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I am in the lazy camp of PC usage and therefore am still cheerfully running Kazaa (rather than Kazaa lite). should I care?

people regulary mention spyware - what's the likely impact of this? given the number of users (it was claiming in excess of 30 million the other day) feels like a pretty low probability anyone being done by the authorities for illegal downloads.

prove me wrong to make me swap it over. Is Kazaa lite as good?

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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 09:14 AM
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Spyware has nowt to do with whether the download is illegal or not. It's about whether or not your personal details (name, address, c/card, passwords, etc) are transmitted across the web by trojan software that's hidden in seemingly innocent client applications.

Kazzalite works absolutely fine, and is spyware free. I'd go for that IIWY.
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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 09:56 AM
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Agree with MarkO - spyware is the equivelant of those pesky customer surveys you get through the door with free pen
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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 10:32 AM
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Not quite the same DV!

You have a choice with the consumer surveys, you don't have much of a choice with the spyware!

Oh, and I work for one of those pesky consumer survey companys!
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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 12:58 PM
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Sorry Tango

Can you ask them to improve the quality of the free pens, they dont always work, and the feeling of writing with them is not too good
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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 01:49 PM
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Funnily enough we were talking about how crap those pens were on Monday!

Anyway stop being tight and buy a Bic!!

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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 05:45 PM
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I use Ad-Aware to clean all my spyware out, quick and simple

chel xxx
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