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Spyware Makers Resent Cleaned-Up Versions

Posted by timothy on from the have-some-injury-with-your-insult dept.

Tri0de points to a ZDnet artcle on a programmer who's taken it upon himself to release spyware- and adware-free versions of popular file-sharing programs. "'He's done Grokster and iMesh. And he's not alone. His work, now available through the Grokster and iMesh networks themselves, joins that of other programmers who have previously "cleaned" programs such as Kazaa and Audiogalaxy in a campaign against "adware" and "spyware." Is the shoe on the other foot?'"

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  1. South Park episode by Veramocor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    wasn't that a south park episode.

    1)Steal towns underwear.
    2)?
    3)profit!!!

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    Veramocor
  2. Re:Be VERY wary by DragonMagic · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I used to use CuteFTP, still have the box from the retail version, but when I had to reregister it after a format, I had to email them THREE times to finally get a response to get the proper registry file in order to have it become fullware instead of shareware.

    I got tired of CuteFTP's crud, and moved on to a free Windows FTP client that is a little better than CuteFTP. It's called SmartFTP, at http://www.smartftp.com/

    Check it out, well worth the look, and completely free.

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    Human nature is the same everywhere; the modes only are different. -- Earl of Chesterfield
  3. NEWS BREAK: SLASHDOT SUCKS ASS by cheese_wallet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Podunk, Idaho (Reuters) Slashdot readers around the world have taken notice to the tragic decline of the once entertaining and enlightening website, SLASHDOT.ORG.

    "The fact of the matter is that I just don't feel up to the job anymore," CmdrTaco said, on condition of anonymity.

    "I used to wake up in the morning and be realy excited about the days work. I'd hop out of bed and put on my leather bondage get-up, and prepare to render the day's submissions into submission. But I lost the leather mask, and the rest of the outfit just doesn't work without it.

    "I have this old bull whip, and after every anti-microsoft submission that was accepted, I would yell 'Who's Yo Daddy!' while cracking the whip. Sometimes during these celebratory episodes I'd even run around with a broom between my legs, pretending it was a horse.

    "But without the outfit and mask, the whip isn't as exciting, the broom is just a broom, and I just can't do it anymore. Now I just accept the first submission on the list now, and don't bother reading it."