HOSTS Spybot F-Secure BackWeb

[Jeffrey A. Setaro]

In article <ddd98e7858d82d35a9b37d5e37305b78@news.teranews.co m>,
boxcars@gmx.net says...
> (Sorry for the 'followup-to: poster' in my previous reply - it was
> inadvertent.)
>
> "Ron Reaugh" <ron-reaugh@worldnet.att.net> wrote in
> <news:VcOcb.158992$3o3.11373987@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>:
>
> > Try your arguments on the folks who wrote SpyBot who attempt to
> > rip out the implementation of BackWeb which F-Secure trialware
> > installs.
>
> I'm not responsible for advising the Spybot team on how they should
> handle or not handle BackWeb. Nor do I particularly care. Since
> you are the one who ran into trouble using Spybot, perhaps you
> should contact them about it.
>
> > Are there any good instances of BackWeb that
> > adware/spyware removal tools approve of??? Centainly F-Secure's
> > BackWeb implementation is NOT one of those.
>
> You gotta get over your worship of the authority of Spybot and
> Ad-aware if you want to be able to think through this.
>

FWIW... AdAware 6.0.181 DOES NOT flag F-Secure Backweb on my system.

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[FromTheRafters]

"Jeffrey A. Setaro" <jasetaro@SPAM.ME.NOT.mags.net> wrote in message news:MPG.19ddffff3690df8989767@news.mags.net...

> FWIW... AdAware 6.0.181 DOES NOT flag F-Secure Backweb on my system.

Hmmm...must be defective, or they're in cahoots...
....there oughta be a law...

To the OP:

Put down Debbies book and RTFM.