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slave:
Check out this slashdot article about the most evil IE toolbar ever!

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/30/1314236.shtml?tid=113

nautical9 writes "Following the same devious footsteps of the infamous Bonzi Buddy, Gator, and Comet Cursor "enhancements", Xupiter now has their own self-installing toolbar for IE. There are many claims that if you leave your security preferences at their default level, it will install itself without your express permission. And once on your system, it's gracious enough to reset your homepage to xupiter.com, forward all your searches to their search engine, download and automatically launch applications (like gambling applets), and blocks all attempts to set these back to normal. Removing it isn't trivial either - it automatically checks for updates upon reboot, where it constantly changes the registry settings it uses, making the jobs of spyware removal programs like AdAware or Spybot Search & Destroy much harder. No word yet if it collects and forwards personal data."

Thank goodness I use Mozilla.

slave:
More info I found on the xupiter website [xupiter.com]

Here's simply what they will admit the software does to spy on your computer!

HOW DOES Xupiter WORK?

We provide you with advertisements that match your interests to make your Internet experience more satisfying. We determine your interests by collecting information about what sites you visit on the Web. For example if you visit a travel Web site, we may present an advertisement that promotes the sale of airline tickets. These special offers and advertisements may be displayed using various browser enhancements and pop-up windows on Web sites you visit.

pkd_lives:
Thanks for that. I'm still laughing.  :D    :D    :D  

Mo...mo..Mo...MO..MOZILLA.

And of course Opera, Phoenix, Chimera, Safari, Omniweb, Galeon, Nutscrape, Kmeleon, Lynx, Konquerer, Nautilus. And they are still using IE. It just baffles belief.

choasforages:
replace the x with st and you get the idea

Pantso:
:D    :D  ROFLMAO   :D    :D  . That's hillarious! Well, too bad I don't use windows and IE! You lucky windows users, you!   :D

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