On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:02:31 GMT, Randall Bart <Barticus@att.spam.net>
wrote:

>'Twas Sat, 27 Sep 2003 06:23:43 -0400 when all alt.privacy.spyware stood
>in awe as BoB <rhoward30@myrealbox.com> uttered:
>
>>To the adware allegation, GRISOFT wasn't, doesn't and won't ever include
>>any spy- or ad-ware with the AVG."
>
>>AVG uses Akamai services. Blocking 'all' Akamai sites makes it difficult
>>to update AVG.
>
>Akamai is in the business of helping make the Internet worse. Akamai was
>party to crashing my browser thousands of times. I realize that lots of
>sites have crashed my browsers over the years, but in the era when I was
>crashing over a dozen times every day, over 75% of the crashes were served
>up by Akamai. They showed no concern for their victims. Akamai should
>have quality control over what they are serving up.
>
>If AVG is allied with Akamai, they are part of the problem not part of the
>solution.

What can I say. Backweb and Akamai are in business to make money.
Ad serving is profitable. I choose not to use programs that are
supported by displaying ads. If I can't find freeware, I buy the
programs I need to avoid ads, so haven't had these kinds of
problems.

I ran AVG for two years without problems on my Win98FE. But neither
have I ever re-installed windows while using 3.11, FE or SE. I also
never added a single MS update during those 6 years. I don't fix
what ain't broken.

BoB
For the duration of Swen, my address is inoperative.