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andrewduckerI was just reading an articleon Slashdot about fair software installation.
It talks about software that installs itself without asking you, for its own ends. Software that usually comes bundled with other software that you might actually want (DivX, for instance, can come bundled with Gator).
The article mentioned Ad Aware a rather spiffy package that scans your computer (registry and files) for programs that have infested it, and then removes them all.
Unfortunately, the site seems to have been slashdotted by thousands of geeks running to get a new toy.
When I started Ad-Aware running, it picked up 3 components instantly. I then had a thought, downloaded the latest signature pack (which contains signatures for all the files that Ad-Aware supports) and started scanning again. It immediately picked up 4 components. My old signature file was less than 3 months old.
There appears to be a war going on, between the producers of these packages and Ad-Aware. I'm hoping that, like the antivirus people, Ad-aware keeps on top of the situation. It's probably a product I'd actually pay money for.
It talks about software that installs itself without asking you, for its own ends. Software that usually comes bundled with other software that you might actually want (DivX, for instance, can come bundled with Gator).
The article mentioned Ad Aware a rather spiffy package that scans your computer (registry and files) for programs that have infested it, and then removes them all.
Unfortunately, the site seems to have been slashdotted by thousands of geeks running to get a new toy.
When I started Ad-Aware running, it picked up 3 components instantly. I then had a thought, downloaded the latest signature pack (which contains signatures for all the files that Ad-Aware supports) and started scanning again. It immediately picked up 4 components. My old signature file was less than 3 months old.
There appears to be a war going on, between the producers of these packages and Ad-Aware. I'm hoping that, like the antivirus people, Ad-aware keeps on top of the situation. It's probably a product I'd actually pay money for.
