[X4U] Implications of Boot Camp

Philip J Robar pjrobar at areyoureallythatstupid.org
Sun Apr 16 23:49:24 PDT 2006


On Apr 16, 2006, at 8:19 PM, TjL wrote:

> On 4/7/06, Stroller <macmonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:
>
>> Anti-spyware programs like Ad-Aware are remarkably paranoid and will
>> include even cookies in their reports ...
>
> Indeed. Ad-Aware etc like to find as many possibly "security"
> problems so as to justify their existence

This is an unfair characterization of Ad-Aware and other legitimate  
anti-spyware programs. All of the anti-spyware programs I've used  
clearly differentiate between minor and major issues and allow you to  
turn off checking cookies.


Phil
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary  
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin



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