Eveline Lubbers on Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:10:03 +0200 (CEST)


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Re: [Nettime-nl] anti spionnen waar


Het zou wel fijn zijn om bij dit soort berichtjes
een bron te hebben, een URL ofzo
eveline

>       Hot File of the Day April 2, 2002  
> Ad-aware 
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> While producers of adware claim its purpose is merely to collect information
> about Internet habits in order to deliver ads tailored to a surfer's interests,
> privacy advocates are concerned about the potential misuse of this data.
> Ad-aware identifies and removes these surreptitiously installed applications.
> The program scours your system--including Registry and temporary Internet
> files--and looks for traces of recognized adware modules. When it's finished
> searching, it displays a list of what it found and lets you select the items
> you'd like to remove from your system. Note: the main drawback is that some
> ad-supported programs will no longer function if you remove their ad modules,
> but if privacy is your main concern, Ad-aware will help keep you anonymous on
> the Web. . . . [more]
> 


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