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Article: INSTALL AD-AWARE AND OUST SCUMWARE.(Technology)(Column)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2001
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Byline: AL FASOLDT STAFF WRITER
Software that sneaks onto your computer should be illegal. Until somebody in Congress wakes up, we'll have to settle for the next best thing - a program that hunts down unwelcome software guests and shows them the door.
Many programs try to do this well, but only one succeeds. It's Ad-aware, a free Windows utility program from Lavasoft. Ad-aware hunts down adware or spyware programs that install themselves without your knowledge or permission. If you've read my two previous articles about such sneaky programs, you know that I've got a perfect name for them: Scumware.
Scumware programs are almost unspeakably ...