i'll tolerate misc junk in my Registry, but not spyware. anything that takes and uses without asking is a thief. >

by Hell Dragon - 12/1/2002 7:55:17 PM
Jam, you just contradicted yourself quite badly... you said 'I spend my hard earned cash on software that will make sure that I don't have to put up with this...'.

Well... Adware is free, that's why the ads are there. You don't buy Adware.

If you do buy software of course you won't also have to put up with ads. Most software that is Adware also has a 'pro' version that does have the ads, you have to basically pay to remove the ads.

My friend, you misunderstood what I was saying. My software keeps all ads from displaying on my screen at all. I don't want to look at the ads at all. That is what I mean. Or maybe I just don't know what Adware is at all, that's a possibility. What I'm trying to say is that I don't let any ads on any site display on my monitor. Thank you

And yes, I also regularly use ad-aware from lavasoft to make sure no little nasties get by me. It has found a couple of them for me and gotten rid of them. I highly recommend it to anyone.

*achoo*

craeonics is allergic to adware

I don't mind free adware as long as a paid ad-free version of the software is also available.

Those who make software that you buy and has ads anyone should be executed. AOL/Compuserve anyone?

Those who make free spyware should be hung by their nuts.

Those who make paid spyware should be hung by their nuts and set on fire.

I totally agree with you Jobe...

Jam..... Adware, is not ad banners on sites, it is software that you use for free, but has ads in the app. I won't use most of it, but sometimes I will. Eudora has an Adware version of thier email client......... it is fully functional, and has a tiny ad running that is easy to ignore, and you can move it to any spot within the app you wish. That's good adware. Bad adware is ICQ, with huge and gaudy ads, but luckily ICQ Plus blocks the ads.

An example of Adware that I like: Opera
They also offer a paid version w/out the ad.

Besides, I long since stopped seeing ads, they're there, I just don't notice them unless they jiggle like that annoying one on WC when you don't log in.

An example of Adware that I like: Opera
They also offer a paid version w/out the ad.

Besides, I long since stopped seeing ads, they're there, I just don't notice them unless they jiggle like that annoying one on WC when you don't log in.

sorry for the double

I agree with Jobeleca. Opera is a prime example of adware that I don't mind at all. Programs or applications that use advertisements to help offset the costs of producing them are fine by me. That being said though, I absolutely cannot stand spy-ware. I run Ad-Aware on a fairly frequent basis to make sure that my system is free of it.

Bad adware is ICQ, with huge and gaudy ads, but luckily ICQ Plus blocks the ads

Thanks for the heads up Koasati, I wasn't aware of that!

Jam... Koasati basically explained it for me, Adware is software with ads in it. Nothing to do with any ads found on websites