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Yahoo Anti-Spy Favors Yahoo's Adware Partners?

Posted by simoniker on from the yodeling dept.

prostoalex writes "Yahoo's new browser toolbar is advertised to clean out adware and spyware from the user's PC and from the sound of it is a good tool to rely on. Not so, says eWeek, whose Matt Hicks notices that Yahoo excludes by default two popular adware/spyware applications - Claria (ex-Gator) and WhenU.com - Claria has commercial bonding with Yahoo! Inc."

4 of 259 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Dear Users by bircho · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In fact, linux is the best "anti-spyware" i know.

  2. Re:Dear Users by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You don't have a Net connection?

    You just own the Windows CD and haven't actually installed it on anything yet?

    Moron...

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  3. Re:Kekeke ^___^ by ruckc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    LOL'd??
    Lots of laughed...
    I LOL'd...
    I lots of laughed...
    i think you forgot 'had' or some other word.

    Just me being picky

  4. Re:This is not a first by Cat_Byte · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Lets see.....you may redistribute this code as long as you do not modify it in any way? Sounds like removing the right to use open source code to create a better mousetrap (so to speak). Maybe I want to use portions of it to help with a ANSII-BBS to regular term conversion for graphics....no-can-do according to the GPL.

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