Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Review of free adware removal::How to Remove Spyware? - What's Your Question?







Review of free adware removal::How to Remove Spyware? - What's Your Question?








Imagine               you               are               sitting               in               your               living               room               watching               television.

Suddenly               a               stranger               walks               in               and               changes               the               station.

When               you               throw               them               out,               they               prop               your               door               open               to               let               three               more               channel               changers               sneak               in.

If               you               call               the               police,               they               claim               brutality               and               say               their               rights               are               being               violated,               and               the               police               leave.

While               they               are               in               your               house,               they               steal               your               personal               information,               go               through               your               medicine               cabinet,               adjust               all               the               settings               on               your               television,               and               open               all               your               blinds               permanently               so               everyone               can               see               your               personal               business.

This               isn't               a               scene               from               the               Cat               in               the               Hat.

This               is               what               millions               of               internet               users               face               on               a               daily               basis.

These               intruders               are               adware,               spyware               and               malware.

And               unlike               Thing               1               and               Thing               2,               they               don't               put               everything               back               neatly               before               they               leave.

Microsoft               defines               spyware               as               "a               general               term               used               for               software               that               performs               certain               behaviors               such               as               advertising,               collecting               personal               information,               or               changing               the               configuration               of               your               computer,               generally               without               appropriately               obtaining               your               consent"               (www.microsoft.com).

There               is               a               wide               array               of               effects               from               spyware,               also               called               pests.

Users               can               be               the               victims               of               annoying               pop-up               windows,               which               while               annoying               and               disruptive               may               be               the               least               of               your               worries.

Some               literally               hijack               your               web               browser               and               force               you               to               other               websites,               making               a               simple               web               search               nearly               impossible.

The               most               nefarious               of               spyware               can               transmit               personal               or               private               information,               they               can               allow               for               the               theft               of               passwords               and               credit               card               information,               some               use               your               computer               modem               to               make               expensive               long               distance               or               900               number               calls,               finally               others               can               render               your               computer               totally               useless.
               Many               users               are               not               aware               they               are               downloading               these               pests.

They               come               hidden               in               free               software,               music               and               online               games.

Others               are               attached               in               emails               sometimes               these               emails               are               intentionally               sent               but               often               these               softwares               will               steal               access               to               a               person's               email               and               send               themselves               without               the               user's               knowledge               or               consent.

Sometimes               simply               visiting               a               web               site               can               infest               your               computer.

While               acquiring               these               pests               can               be               relatively               simple,               ridding               yourself               can               be               an               exercise               in               futility.

These               pests               hide,               and               can               be               almost               impossible               to               delete.

Some               have               what               I               call               a               spawner,               which               will               replicate               the               file               as               soon               as               it               is               deleted.

While               I               have               not               found               concrete               proof               of               this,               I               have               a               theory               that               may               of               these               files               create               more               malicious               files               when               deleted.

For               example,               an               attempt               to               delete               a               pop-up               pest               may               result               in               creation               of               a               hijacker.

When               you               attempt               to               delete               the               hijacker,               you               may               find               your               computer               useless.
               The               most               disturbing               aspect               of               spyware               is               that               a               great               majority               of               these               applications               are               not               developed               by               anti-social               hackers               who               derive               pleasure               by               creating               havoc.

Many               of               these               programs               are               developed               and               sold               by               legitimate               companies.

Public               companies               that               are               traded               on               the               stock               exchanges,               listed               with               Dun               &               Bradstreet               and               operate               legally.

As               a               matter               of               fact               many               of               the               distributors               of               adware               are               bringing               suit               against               companies               that               create               anti-adware               programs.

"And               the               argument               used               by               adware               producers               to               defend               their               "creations"               is               that               they               only               provide               a               "smart               advertising"               concept.

Actually,               these               producers               have               summoned               several               times               anti-virus               companies               not               to               rate               adware               and               spyware               in               the               same               way               and               not               to               talk               about               adware               products               as               being               dangerous"               (found               on               http://news.softpedia.com).

They               also               argue               that               users               knowingly               and               willingly               accept               these               programs               by               clicking               yes               on               a               user               agreement               when               downloading               free               programs.

While               the               legalities               of               some               of               this               software               remains               under               debate               in               our               court               system,               the               ethics               of               such               software               requires               no               debate.
               The               developers               exploit               a               legal               loophole               in               their               user               agreement               for               software.

Clive               Thompson               explains               "The               software               asks               us               to               click               and               approve               a               ponderously               long               'end               user               license               agreement.'               Somewhere               inside               that               license               the               company               explains,               sotto               voce,               that               the               tool               will               monitor               your               surfing,               or               even               control               your               computer               remotely.

Any               smart               computer               user               would               never               agree               to               such               a               thing."               He               admits               that               he               who               "writes               about               technology               for               a               living"               does               not               read               the               agreements.

With               the               complexity               of               computer               programs,               and               the               number               of               files               required               to               run               even               the               simplest               program,               it               is               nearly               impossible               for               the               average               user               to               explore               and               understand               every               file               associated               with               a               program.

Even               if               a               sophisticated               user               had               the               desire               to               do               so               "It's               illegal               to               reverse               engineer               the               source               code               of               commercial               software               to               find               out               how               it               works."               Therefore,               how               can               any               user               actually               give               informed               consent?

Is               fair               and               ethical               to               bury               this               information               and               expect               the               user               to               comprehend               the               dangers?

In               any               other               industry               the               answer               would               be               a               resounding               no.

This               would               be               like               a               pharmaceutical               firm               imbedding               a               mind               controlling               substance               into               a               medication               and               using               the               defense               that               the               user               should               have               knowledge               of               microbiology               before               taking               the               medication.
               The               terminology               of               the               agreement               should               also               be               brought               under               question.

Business               communication               courses               teach               us               that               it               is               unethical               to               use               technical               words               and               terminology               that               will               go               over               the               average               reader's               head.

Ph.D.

candidate               and               professional               consultant               Benjamin               Edleman               has               spent               countless               hours               analyzing               these               agreements.

The               following               information               is               available               as               a               result               of               his               efforts.

The               file-sharing               program               Kazaa               asks               the               user               to               agree               to               a               licensing               agreement               that               is               over               22,000               words               long.

This               agreement               is               only               viewable               by               clicking               on               a               number               of               miniscule               links.

In               all               there               are               over               180               pages               of               text.

Buried               on               page               19               is               a               mention               of               gambling               site               icons               that               the               user               must               agree               to               place               on               their               desktop.

On               another               page               is               a               small               mention               of               the               software               Altnet               which               is               bundled               with               Kazaa               for               the               user               to               understand               Altnet               and               its               functions,               they               much               open               an               additional               link               and               comprehend               another               71               pages               of               text.

Once               the               user               agrees               to               Kazaa               and               Altnet,               they               are               then               shown               a               small               portion               of               Claria               license.

"The               Claria               license               is               5,918               words               long               and               generally               fits               only               nine               lines               per               screen,               therefore               taking               63               on-screen               pages               to               view               in               full…               In               eight               instances               in               the               document,               Claria               references               a               total               of               five               external               documents,               purportedly               each               'incorporated               herein               by               reference.'               In               each               instance,               Claria               references               these               external               documents               via               mere               URLs,               not               active               hyperlinks"               (found               on               http://www.benedelman.org/).

Many               of               these               URLs               have               erroneous               spaces               rendering               them               invalid               unless               the               user               corrects               the               error.

What               makes               the               agreements               appear               more               unethical               is               the               complete               absence               of               the               terms               pop-up,               spyware.

Also               buried               within               the               agreement               is               the               phrase               "You               agree               that               you               will               not               use,               or               encourage               others               to               use,               any               unauthorized               means               for               the               removal               of               the               GAIN               AdServer,               or               any               GAIN-Supported               Software               from               a               computer."               Buried               under               legal               jargon,               and               after               following               numerous               new               URLs               and               thousands               of               words,               that               the               average               user               does               not               have               the               time,               patience               or               technical               savvy               to               comprehend               is               a               legal               and               binding               agreement               that               states               you               will               not               use               a               spyware               removal               tool               to               delete               this               software.
               These               adware               distributors               have               even               gone               as               far               as               to               file               suit               against               anti-spyware               manufacturers               such               as               pest               patrol               and               Symantec               stating               that               removal               of               their               software               is               a               direct               violation               of               the               user               agreement               and               is               therefore               illegal.

Another               company               accused               of               adware               distribution               is               "company               called               180solutions               (who)               makes               search-assistance               software               called               Zango               that               shows               ads               to               users.

Within               the               past               month,               the               company               sent               letters               to               several               anti-spyware               vendors               demanding               that               they               drop               180solutions               from               their               spyware               databases"               (found               on               www.networkworld.com)
               In               essence               these               companies               are               making               the               claim               that               the               user               has               no               rights.

If               they               mistakenly               install               the               software,               they               have               no               recourse               and               are               legally               bound               to               retain               the               software               on               the               computer               for               eternity.

They               are               exploiting               the               user,               the               computer               and               the               law.

Computer               users               are               suffering               loss               of               time,               productivity,               and               money               at               the               hands               of               these               software               distributors.

Advertisers               are               also               victims               of               these               companies.

A               company               may               pay               for               placement               or               advertisement               on               a               web               page               only               to               have               traffic               diverted               by               adware               software.

The               existence               of               adware               is               an               example               of               how               the               law               has               not               kept               up               with               technology.

These               manufactures               may               hide               behind               the               law,               but               just               as               slum               lords               and               sweatshop               owners               in               the               past,               they               will               find               that               their               unethical               practices               will               soon               gain               the               attention               of               lawmakers               and               they               will               be               held               accountable               for               their               actions.
               
               Works               Cited:
               "Adware               Is               Perfectly               Legal,               the               American               Justice               concludes."               Softpedia               News.

5               July               
               2005.

Softpedia.

12               Sep.

2005               .


               Edleman,               Benjamin.

Comparison               of               Unwanted               Software               Installed               by               P2P               Programs.

7               
               Mar.

2005.

12               Sep.

2005               .


               Messmer,               Ellen.

"Spyware               flap               looks               headed               for               court."               Security.

4               Apr.

2005.

Network               
               World.

12               Sep.

2005               .


               Thompson,               Clive.

"Us               Like               Spies:               How               computer               users               ask               to               be               doomed               to               viruses               and               
               spyware."               Webhead:               Inside               the               Internet.

23               June               2004.

Slate.

12               Sep.

2005               .


               What               you               can               do               about               spyware               and               other               unwanted               software.

1               May               2005.

Microsoft               
               Corporation.

12               Sep.

2005               .









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