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Originally posted by Bomber2k
Please remove the automatic installation of 'aditional software'. All we want is Plus! and I know that you must make money... but there must be another way.
No there isn't atm. Patchou have explained this many many times before why he choosed for this approach, search the forums.
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Originally posted by Bomber2k
If I were coding a anti-spyware program, i'd put Plus! on the list of spyware.
The sponsor is not spyware, it is adware! Huge difference there!! You might want to check up on the difference before you attempt to write such a program. Furthermore, it is the sponsor which is adware, not Plus!
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Originally posted by Bomber2k
People don't like spyware, no one does. You're trying to get money the wrong way!!! I doubt if LOP actually makes much either.
It gives him enough to live on and to develop Plus! further. Also, the wrong way? May I ask you a question? Did you pay for every piece of software on your PC (including all your downloaded songs)? I doubt it....
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Originally posted by Bomber2k
Plus, LOP is almost impossible to get rid of. You can't easily kill some of its many processes (lol i know, Linux > Windows in this respect), so how is someone to remove this junk?
The sponsor is very easly uninstalled if you simply uninstall Plus!. And that would only take less then 5 minutes to do.
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Originally posted by Bomber2k
It's like a virus! Adaware DOES NOT REMOVE IT!
It is nothing like a virus! Ad-aware doesn't remove it because Ad-aware is only a tool to track _some_ adware. Ad-ware isn't the holy grale. How can 1 program know every possible kind of adware/spyware and know how to exactly remove things? If such things were possible then Windows would not need a software-panel to uninstall programs. And programs would not need a uninstall procedure.
It strikes me that so many people trust software like ad-aware to completely uninstall things, while the logic and proper way is to execute the uninstall procedures of the program in question (and yes, that goes even for most adware! Yes, they even have uninstallers which completely remove the adware! So why is it so unlogic to use that once you found the adware?????????).....
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Originally posted by Bomber2k
Also, someone might not be able to read English very well, and would install the spyware unkowingly! Perhaps they don't read it?
That's why the first paragraph of the sponsor agreement, and the whole setup (including the options to choose from) are translated when you install Plus! in another language!!
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Originally posted by Bomber2k
PATCHYOU, DO YOU USE THE SPYWARE PROGRAM YOURSELF?
I bet you don't.
Yes he does use the searchbar!
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Originally posted by Bomber2k
The spyware could actually be classed as a virus.
Get your facts strait.
1) it is adware...
2) adware is not spyware
3) spyware is not a virus
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