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Originally posted by Max the Mug
I used Audiogalaxy...
Am I in trouble? What's spyware?
I suppose if I don't know what spyware is, I am in trouble.
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Audiogalaxy are fine. Spyware (in most cases) just tells advertising companies about your preferances - spying, yes, but
mostly harmless. If you're paranoid, get rid of it. But remember: They don't
really care, they just want to bug you with potentially interesting stuff instead of completely boring things, and you're just a number. They're not going to say "oh! Look! #23746 is looking at porn, let's report them"... er... you get my point, anyway.
I tried removing some spyware from my comp recently. Now I can't get online anymore. (badly coded shit that messed up my main wsock32.dll and/or winsock.dll)
I could have well lived with it. I wouldn't have known of the spyware if I hadn't read about it on a site and felt like getting some space free on my harddisk.
Now you know.
As for trojan horses... never had that happen to me. I've actually never had a virus, either (er, no, I don't want one, either).
Are you sure it was AG's fault, The Shrink? *does not even know what Kazaa is, so insert lost look about that one*
Just don't get overparanoid.
- TyA