Spyware and Start up program links.

[Byte 2.0]

Check how some of you favorite programs. Are they spyware?
Anyways, enjoy this links.
Byte

Here are 2 Links that help me while at work.

http://www.tom-cat.com/spybase/index.html

and

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup...artup_full.htm

"Spyware is the name which was given to software that - without the user of the program knowing that the software performs this kind of action - traces the user's usage of the internet and sends this information - again without the user knowing this is happening - to a computer ("Server") designated by the developer of the Spyware software. "By performing these actions, detailed userprofiles may be collected - without the user's knowledge and approval - which then can be used for commercial or other purposes. By gathering and sending this information both resources on the user's computer as well as bandwidth on the Internet is abusively used, not to mention the breach of privacy such a userprofile would be." -- Dick Hazeleger, Creator "Packet Sniffing - A Crash Course"

[Byte 2.0]

I am going to bump this up, because it has only be viewe 44 times and I know there are alot of ppl that could benifit from this information.

[bagglo]

Thank you byte, would of missed if you had not of bumped, Good info..Thank you!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!

[catfishjoe_1]

I haven't tried the links yet but I know I will. another one to try is www.spychecker.com and adaware is a freebie that you can get at pcworld.com. I hate spyware and run adaware weekly. It has caught most of it but who knows if some is not in their data-base?
cat