Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:47:13 -0600 From: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> To: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx. Message-ID: <CED7F16B-5193-438E-AE83-2A39948A9250@d3photography.com> In-Reply-To: <CANLX3yhpiqps2okphoYw5-wEuP1in--CzGwK2d6cYYVwntLaTg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANLX3yhxwO-ExLOFpXJOJ5n6B0shtEz8FN_7sQZSeOf12_pKwA@mail.gmail.com> <258382C6-4904-44EE-86D4-1F8F97559983@d3photography.com> <CANLX3yhpiqps2okphoYw5-wEuP1in--CzGwK2d6cYYVwntLaTg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Ryan Coleman = <editor@d3photography.com> wrote: > Yeah, someone on my LUG list tried to claim that the TCLUG list was = the=20 > reason for the /. article=85 >=20 > stupid peons=85 >=20 > It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go to the = development=20 > website to get the program anyway? >=20 > Some people just don't get that idea, they stumble onto a piece of = software=20 > they like and don't bother to think much farther beyond that, as long = as it=20 > works for them, they don't care. I should add that I often go to download.com for things like winrar, = putty, etc., but I know enough to NOT use the Adobe Downloader from = adobe.com, check to make sure there's no extra stuff riding along=85 We have a problem here in Minnesota with Zebra mussels. Tanker ships = from Europe didn't filter their ballast water and now we have them in = our lakes. They rode tankers from Europe to the Great Lakes, fishing = boats from the Great Lakes to smaller lakes=85 and now it's an = infestation. Why? Because they were too busy to take time to figure out what they = were doing. = [http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticanimals/zebramussel/index.htm= l]=
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