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Just so you can thank them if you meet one. After all, they have changed for the better, and it is only right that we let them know we appreciate it.

:)

Click here to express your feelings to them.

Actually, Claria STILL offers Gator eWallet. It's featured on their Software page at http://www.claria.com/products/software

Luckily I know of some free apps you can download that will make your online viewing of Wired even more fulfilling! Don't delay, download today!!!!

Sounds like a perfect use for a tool my friend told me about. It's from a little know company called Claria Hope this helps.

from Claria. Nothing makes a Windows PC do random shit faster.

Check out what is on the very bottom of their website: http://www.claria.com/ I wonder why they have that there???

The stated plan is to compete with Google... So they want to use their ad serving technology to compete with AdWords. http://www.claria.com/products/searchscout/ You really don't think Microsoft would spend $500 to but an adware compnay out of business? And the reason www.msnbc.com doesn't work with Firefox anymore is to protect the user experience...

This is Microsoft we're talking about, so its most likely done to attack its competitors rather than any useful purpose. (Who would pay silly money for something they don't want?!).

The only thing I could find that might be it is Relevancyrank (patent pending) which might allow Microsoft to attack Google and Yahoo for personalised search (I haven't studied the patent application yet).

http://www.claria.com/relevancyrank/

I actually support Microsoft (Or any industry giant) buying yet another company in the same industry. Claria also owns GAIN Publishing which has some of the most annoying ads. Also, I must say that Claria software, seeing as they own an advertising agent, is seen around the web more often than much of the other annoying programs we see out there.

I actually support Microsoft (Or any industry giant) buying yet another company in the same industry. Claria also owns GAIN Publishing which has some of the most annoying ads. Also, I must say that Claria software, seeing as they own an advertising agent, is seen around the web more often than much of the other annoying programs we see out there.

Adds Spyware - Free
Adds Spyware, Adware, & Parasites with PopUps & Identity Theft!
www.claria.com

Automated Anal Systems
GET FUCKED HARD BY THESE MACHINES NOW!
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Are yuo a lonely parent of twelve, young, hot teenagers?
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you use this updated link instead to help hammer home their important message.

I don't know, but if you give me your credit card information I'll charge you 10 easy payments of only $9.95 so you can be 100% sure.

All you have to do is click here.

From TFA: "Experts say spyware programs are also necessary for Windows users. Microsoft is offering a free beta version of its spyware program at www.microsoft.com/athome , and Webroot is offering its spyware program free to Colorado residents through April 15 at www.webroot.com Free spyware programs are available at www.download.com"

Of course Claria/Gator is also offering a free version of their spyware program, and it's not beta - it's an official, stable release, available to users from all over the world, and with no date limits!!

There are also other known spyware providers out there, all you have to do is to search the web for some pr0n and warez, and there you go.

Freeman is an expert in privacy law, was only recently appointed to his VP spot at Claria (less than 1 year ago), and it makes sense to have representation from this segment of the market on this 20 person panel. Claria and other similar companies have a legal business, as annoying as we may find it, so it makes sense to include them in the discussion. If they're view isn't understood early on, then it's likely that once any legislation is implemented they'll sue and tie the whole thing up in the courts. This should raise some eyebrows, but that's about it.

What will the honest folk at claria (a.k.a. gator), "A Leader in On Line Behavioral Marketing", The do about this?

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You forgot claria (used to be gator), the people who install marketing research software on windows without permission from the owner. They essentially do the same kind of illegal hijacking of resources as viruses do, except they're profitable :)

Give me a fucking break. The 18 year old writes a mediocre virus and you're all up in arms... how about this fucking company (a.k.a. Gator) that has been compromising millions of computers (trespassing, breaking and entering, whatever) for profit? Don't fool yourself, one's a kid being stupid, the other's a profitable company and they're both doing the same thing.

Why don't you just use Gator's eWallet? It's a lot cheaper.

Damn, I didn't check the spelling, I just copied and pasted from the parent post. My bad for assuming it was correct. I stand corrected (Villainous scum).

Why, so that people would think they can't spell?

Villainous scum would probably be a better idea... (Villainous @ dictionary.com).

Mmmm, Villainous scum

Why, so that people would think they can't spell?

Villainous scum would probably be a better idea... (Villainous @ dictionary.com).

Mmmm, Villainous scum

can you googlebomb the villianous scum on slashdot, i thought it wasn't indexed.

I don't know if you should Google bomb the villianous scum.

The villianous scum may indeed be villianous scum, but will tagging them as villianous scum really accomplish what you want to see happen to the villianous scum?

I don't know if you should Google bomb the villianous scum.

The villianous scum may indeed be villianous scum, but will tagging them as villianous scum really accomplish what you want to see happen to the villianous scum?

I don't know if you should Google bomb the villianous scum.

The villianous scum may indeed be villianous scum, but will tagging them as villianous scum really accomplish what you want to see happen to the villianous scum?

I don't know if you should Google bomb the villianous scum.

The villianous scum may indeed be villianous scum, but will tagging them as villianous scum really accomplish what you want to see happen to the villianous scum?

I don't know if you should Google bomb the villianous scum.

The villianous scum may indeed be villianous scum, but will tagging them as villianous scum really accomplish what you want to see happen to the villianous scum?

Villianous Scum, I like that phrase. I think a new Google bombing is in order:

Villianous Scum

More appropriate for this story: Litigious bastards.

It's not spyware, it's online behavioral marketing!

I'm just waiting for someone to root Gator's..oops - sorry Claria's download servers and replace "precisiontime.exe" and so on with trojaned alternatives.

In fact.. thinking about it what's to stop me capturing requests for this crap on my proxies and redirecting them to an exe that removes gator? Hmm...

I find this article on infected PC's/networks for rent so full of sh..#$.\10# \AE \3H......

Welcome!

This PC is for rent.
Please contact us at

www.Claria.com

This post may be understood as flamebait by those who do barely try to see things from my point of view, but I can brace myself up against that. The issue is, I do not really see where some peoples' complaints against major advertising companies lie, as it seems apparent to me that the softwares' privacy policy has always been available to the end-user. Out of curiosity, I visited WhenU's site to verify whether or not there was truely a case of non-consent on the behalf of the user, and of breach of the user's privacy. WhenU's privacy policy is freely available on their site, and for the lazy among you, these are basically the most important paragraphs:

By downloading the SaveNow software, you give permission to WhenU.com to display relevant contextual information and offers. The SaveNow software selects which ads and offers to display to individual users based on several factors, including: URLs associated with Web pages visited by the user, search terms typed by the user into search engines, HTML content of the Web pages viewed by the user and the local zip code of the user.

The software protects users' privacy by uploading a database of content in small chunks to individual desktops, and then determining on the desktop whether to retrieve information from WhenU.com or third-party servers. To protect user privacy, the same database of content is sent to all desktops. Decisions regarding which ads to retrieve to an individual desktop are all processed on the user's desktop - and isolated from WhenU.com servers. User privacy is also protected in the following manner:

1) Personally-identifiable information is NOT required in order to use the software and WhenU.com does NOT know the identity of individual users of the software
2) As the user surfs the Internet, URLS visited by the user (i.e. the user's "clickstream data") are NOT transmitted to WhenU.com or any third party server
3) WhenU.com does NOT assemble personally-identifiable browsing profiles of users
4) WhenU.com does NOT assemble anonymous machine-identifiable browsing profiles of individual users
5) WhenU.com does NOT track which ads and offers are seen or clicked on by individual machines - analysis and tracking is done in the aggregate.

So, according to this privacy statement the user consents to installing the software and subsequently to have the said software make use of the user's bandwidth to send anonymous usage statistics to WhenU.com and download advertising banners corresponding to the profile built with the anonymous information. I hastedly repeated the small research for Claria software (formerly GATOR software) and the results are pretty much identical -- the user consents to installing the program and have it use bandwidth to send anonymous information to Internet servers. So the major desktop advertising comapnies are sadly pretty much right when the affirm that the user is consenting to their software using their computer to perform various tasks and activities. Now the question which is preponderant in my mind is: what am I doing wrong here? There must be a further reason for everyone complaining about a breach of privacy, further than the statements in the privacy policies then -- but if the information in the privacy policies is invalid, doesn't that make the activity of these companies illegal?

They're changing their name before they go public. What does this tell prospective investors? It tells them they have a bad image.

Take a look at Valujet. They had serveral crashes and then changed their name to Airtran. Why? Because people associate Valujet with poorly maintained planes that crash. What is Gator known for? Annoying intrusive spyware. Take a look at Claria's website and note how clean and, well, "clear" it is. Again, they're trying to change their image. I hope people who decide to invest in this company keep Gator in mind when looking at Claria. It's the same management running the new company.

On an unrelated note, check out Claria's home page when redirected from their original page. It features a red bubble not seen from claria.com which 404's. Not a very professional sign.

It's merely 6 years since The Gator Corporation chomped a hole in the privacy of the boxen of our friends and families and you people are talking about honest software labeling??? MY GOD, people, GET SOME PRI0-
. . .oh.

You mean Claria.

From Gator.com:
The Gator Corporation is now Claria Corporation. To visit the Claria Corporation website, please click here.

You mean Claria.

From Gator.com:
The Gator Corporation is now Claria Corporation. To visit the Claria Corporation website, please click here.

How about this:
Claria == Gator == Spyware!

BTW, linking just improves the pagerank of Claria and Gator.

Change your sig. If you want google to associate correctly, you need to have that in links, thusly:

Here's some spyware for you.
Here's some more spyware for you.
It's true. Claria is spyware even though they changed their name because Gator was spyware, too.

Love,
BadDoggie

woof.

Change your sig. If you want google to associate correctly, you need to have that in links, thusly:

Here's some spyware for you.
Here's some more spyware for you.
It's true. Claria is spyware even though they changed their name because Gator was spyware, too.

Love,
BadDoggie

woof.

Gator, (also know as Claria) is included on the list?

Please then, allow me to be one of the first to say.. Claria is spyware.

Don't say it to /. Say it to them. They would love to hear from you.

If you want you can tell them again and again.

Or if you don't want to use those forms, you can simply email, call, or fax them:

info@claria.com
jobs@claria.com
support@feedba ckresearch.com
Tel: 650-232-0300
Fax: 650-232-0400

Perhaps a "Google bombing" is in order. I'll go first:

Get your spyware here. One-stop shopping for all your pop-up and pop-under needs.

(the theory is, if enough people link the word spyware to Claria's site, it'll become an 'above the fold' first page hit for the search term on Google.)

Let's fsck up their rebranding effort!

Perhaps a "Google bombing" is in order. I'll go first:

Get your spyware here. One-stop shopping for all your pop-up and pop-under needs.

(the theory is, if enough people link the word spyware to Claria's site, it'll become an 'above the fold' first page hit for the search term on Google.)

Let's fsck up their rebranding effort!

Perhaps a "Google bombing" is in order. I'll go first:

Get your spyware here. One-stop shopping for all your pop-up and pop-under needs.

(the theory is, if enough people link the word spyware to Claria's site, it'll become an 'above the fold' first page hit for the search term on Google.)

Let's fsck up their rebranding effort!

Perhaps a "Google bombing" is in order. I'll go first:

Get your spyware here. One-stop shopping for all your pop-up and pop-under needs.

(the theory is, if enough people link the word spyware to Claria's site, it'll become an 'above the fold' first page hit for the search term on Google.)

Let's fsck up their rebranding effort!