[citw150] CITW 150 L3Q5
- From: GJS1LCC <gjs1lcc@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 05:04:25 -0800 (PST)
One of the societal issues mentioned in the textbook was Adware. My home PC had
several Adware files in it. They always showed up when I did a scandisk or disk
check. They either had to be deleted or quarantined. "Adware is any software
application in which advertising banners are displayed while a program is
running" according to
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci521293,00.html .
Adware is very intrusive and annoying. It can include a code that tracks
personal information and passes them on to a third party. Adware is also known
as Freeware. It does not cost a thing, except privacy. If your personal
information is stored somewhere on your hard drive, your private stuff can be
transmitted by the Internet back to advertisers in order to send you more
advertising. They call it market research. "Adware Gator is your smart online
companion that fills out forms and remembers passwords" according to
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml . Adware Gator f
alls
into a group of software known as Spyware. It sends information about buying
habits and surfing habits to third party advertisers who pass it along even
further. Gator company has recently changed their name to Claria. The
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml website has great information on
how to remove Gator. However, even if you remove Gator, you still may be stuck
with GAIN (Gator Advertiser Information Network) software installed. The PC
Hell website states that "GAIN helps keep many popular software applications
and services free in exchange for delivering ads, information, and software on
all of the websites that you view". GAIN can only be removed by unistalling the
GAIN supported application. It cannot be unistalled directly. In my case, I
have no idea what I downloaded to get GAIN. I am still searching for it.
Another good site for definitions and removal tips is http://www.adware.info/.
Gloria J. Strahan
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. -
Josh Billings
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