Mig bekendt får du f.eks. installeret SaveNow sammen med nyeste version af
KaZaa, hvis ikke du lige husker at vælge custom-install hvor du vælger at du
IKKE vil ha den med. Pas derfor på med bare at trykke "next-next-next-next"
- Sune
"Lyrik" <lyrik@heaven.dk> wrote in message
news:9lp23n$1h4d$1@news.cybercity.dk...
> Jeg oplever gentagne gange at mig ubekendte trojanske programmer fra den
> kommercielle firmasfære, tillader sig den frækhed at installere sig på min
> kompjuter!
> Uden min accept!
> Min kompjuter er nyinstalleret, og jeg opdager knas i maskineriet.
> Jeg ser ved hjælp af programmet Appswat, at der er et program der hedder
> SaveNow der arbejder i baggrunden med at sladre til en eller anden server
om
> min gøren og laden!
> Det må da være STRÆNGT FORBUDT! Jeg har ikke set jer diskutere det og går
ud
> fra at i stiltiende accepterer den slags muldvarpevirksomhed, idet jeg
> forestiller mig jer siddende og forsvarende firmaers uhindrede ret til at
> invadere privatsfæren, mens i jamrer jer højlydt over en teenageknægt der
> snuser til en server!
>
> Programmet påstår at have fået tilladelse i det skjulte sammen med et
andet
> program, som det insinuerer må være installeret samtidig.
> Det er en firmaskik som må ophøre! Her er "undskyldningen":
> (Det skal siges at programmet er mig aldeles ubekendt)
>
> Dear SaveNow User -
> SaveNow is a program that brings you relevant offers and tells you
> about great deals and similar sites when you surf the web. It is
> our strict policy to distribute SaveNow only to users who have
> accepted the SaveNow license agreement.
>
> SaveNow is installed on your computer as a module that comes with
> WhenUShop or other software that you download from the Internet.
> At that time, you accept a SaveNow license agreement as part of the
> download process you complete. - If you believe you have received
> SaveNow without accepting the license agreement please låt us know
> at legal@whenu.com.
>
> There are a vast number of great offers and services available
> throughout the Internet. In addition, we negotiate a number of
> exclusive offers to maximize value for our users. SaveNow's goal is
> to show users information about these offers and services - right at
> the moment when they need it. For example, if you went to a search
> engine and typed in "long distance", you might get an offer for
> SmartPrice - a site that we found to be the best for comparing long
> distance plans. If you go to a job search site, we might show you an
> offer for Hotjobs - which is right now offering great value to users
> that post resumes at their site. If you go to Staples, you might see
> an offer for a $30 off coupon that will save you money when you shop
> there. We show these offers infrequently so as not to be intrusive.
>
> SaveNow protects users privacy and does not require personally
> identifiable information. Our privacy policy is always displayed when
> users install SaveNow. -Below is an excerpt from the SaveNow privacy
> policy:
>
> "SaveNow offers you relevánt contextual information as you surf the web
> and by downloading SaveNow you give permission to SaveNow to display
> relevant contextual information. In order to provide SaveNow users with
> such information, SaveNow delivers content based on the URL visited by
> the user. SaveNow protects users' privacy by determining on the client
> side whether or not to retrieve information from WhenU.com servers.
> Client-server communication takes place only on an as-needed basis, and
> SaveNow does NOT transmit a full history of URLS visited by the user to
> the WhenU.com servers. WhenU.com does NOT assemble personally-identifiable
> profiles of SaveNow users and personally identifiable information is not
> required in order to use the SaveNow software."
>
> SaveNow is NOT spyware - there is no persistent communication between
> your desktop computer and our servers. Users have noted that the program
> contacts our servers every once in a while - it does so in order to
> retrieve content from us and store that content on your computer, to make
> it available to you at the right moment. There is one daily communication
> sent just to let us know that the software is functioning - nothing more
> (i.e. no collection of browsing history, etc). The desktop application
> checks for the presence of new browser windows every 3 seconds - which
> results in sustained (but very low) CPU usage.
>
> Typically, data sent to the desktop is done in very small chunks of less
> than 4K - hardly noticeable. Upon installation, there will be some
bandwidth
> usage as the initial content database is loaded - this is a one-time
event.
> Very infrequently, there might be a sustained burst of data sent to the
> desktop - this would only be done if we: updated the desktop software
itself
> (which we do from time to time to improve performance) or if we updated
the
> entire content database. Again, these are one-time events - the
application
> does NOT use bandwidth on a sustained basis. The software takes up only
> slightly more RAM than your IE browser control uses in any case (it shares
> RAM with it) and is designed to be non-intrusive and non-invasive.
>
> If you want to uninstall, you can do so through the add/remove function in
> your control panel. Of course we encourage you to leave it on so that you
> can benefit from the occasional offers that it shows you. If you need more
> information, or experience any technical problems, please contact us at
> techsupport@whenu.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
>
>
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http://lyrik.homepage.dk/soeweb/
>
http://lyrik.homepage.dk/glyp/FrameSet.htm
>
http://lyrik.homepage.dk/webportal/
>
http://lyrik.homepage.dk/grafitti/
>
http://lyrik.homepage.dk/aftentur/
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