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Here are the removal programs...
Spybot
Adware

However, this begs the more interesting questions....

Is there *nix spyware?
Why not?

Davak

Damn purple apes don't stand a chance...nor do aligators with nothing to gain. *groan*

I do agree that authors should be paid for their efforts, but this is not the way to do it. The adware mechanism is Gator which only ends up stealing money from someone else. So while the DivX folks get paid for their work, someone else no longer does. This isn't fair.

One way to get around this is to just strip out the Gator stuff after installation. The absolute best program for this sort of thing is Spybot. This is a great piece of software. It searches and eliminates something like 10,000 keyloggers, hijackers, trojans, dialers, and all sorts of other things.

Here is a list of threats covered.

After downloading the Divx software, I ran Spybot and all the Gator stuff was removed.

I do agree that authors should be paid for their efforts, but this is not the way to do it. The adware mechanism is Gator which only ends up stealing money from someone else. So while the DivX folks get paid for their work, someone else no longer does. This isn't fair.

One way to get around this is to just strip out the Gator stuff after installation. The absolute best program for this sort of thing is Spybot. This is a great piece of software. It searches and eliminates something like 10,000 keyloggers, hijackers, trojans, dialers, and all sorts of other things.

Here is a list of threats covered.

After downloading the Divx software, I ran Spybot and all the Gator stuff was removed.

I have instituted a policy of all the computers on my project to be secured from virii and spyware. We use Spybot from security.kolla.de. Get the Main Appor the updated tools or the updates and are on this mirror.

I have instituted a policy of all the computers on my project to be secured from virii and spyware. We use Spybot from security.kolla.de. Get the Main Appor the updated tools or the updates and are on this mirror.

I have instituted a policy of all the computers on my project to be secured from virii and spyware. We use Spybot from security.kolla.de. Get the Main Appor the updated tools or the updates and are on this mirror.

I have instituted a policy of all the computers on my project to be secured from virii and spyware. We use Spybot from security.kolla.de. Get the Main Appor the updated tools or the updates and are on this mirror.

Ad-Aware is critically out of date, and therfore dangerous, according to SpyWareInfo. It's expected to be "out of commission" until February for the free version. He recommends Spybot in the meantime.

Some would say it's already dead. In any case, Spybot Search and Destroy is better for now.