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Old 05-09-2003, 01:03 PM  
KRosh
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Originally posted by Soul_Rebel


can you rephrase this? spywares do not ask your permission

They do ask for permission! You just have your machine be ready not to accept. They don't ask your pesonal permission but you machine has to allow it to be installed. Take measuers not to allow this to happen. You read about any spyware and they thrive onthe fact that people say " I never installed this software "

Example: Xupiter

Some installations probably occurred when people clicked "OK" in a pop-up box without really knowing what they had agreed to, or when they meant to close the pop-up window.

Xupiter is also being bundled along with at least one peer-to-peer file-sharing program. And the toolbar will install itself automatically when Internet Explorer's security settings aren't set to the highest level.
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