From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 9 15:47:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03AE9106566B for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:47:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from editor@d3photography.com) Received: from server.cwis.biz (70-89-202-5-invergrove-mn.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [70.89.202.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5BF48FC14 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:47:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.cwis.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E7282792E7F; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:53:46 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cwis.biz Received: from server.cwis.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (server.cwis.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id E-kqVpTjXHgk; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:53:33 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.46.173] (173-160-104-249-Minnesota.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.160.104.249]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 91F462792E7E; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:53:33 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) From: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:47:13 -0600 Message-Id: References: <258382C6-4904-44EE-86D4-1F8F97559983@d3photography.com> To: Chris Brennan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:47:28 -0000 On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Ryan Coleman = 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]=