October 25th, 2003, 11:19 PM
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Re: OT: Public referrendums on destroying evil companies
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Originally posted by SpaceBadger:
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Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
FYI: (and this might shock the **** out of you..) When a 'Gator' dialogue box pops up and asks if you wish to install it [YES] [NO].
Clicking on either answer will promptly install the spy/ad ware. In fact the 'Gator Dialogue' only pops up after it is installed.
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You're sure about this? 
Dang, I run into one of those dialog boxes a couple times a month I think, just surfing the web (seems like one of those freebie places, like fortunecities or geocities or something like that, pops up the box every time I go there). Always click NO, of course. You mean that each time that has happened the site has installed Gator on my machine? 
Sigh, I guess it is time to hunt up and install some anti-spyware app - any recommendations? 
SpaceBadger
I'm not sure about that, but who knows. I use Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. It's free, small, fast, and works well. |