Am I not suspicious enough/too suspicious for thinking that the
original message might be better classed as spam. (Not that I am
complaining about having this message forwarded, it is of interest.)
Have a look down the message and you see:
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And, of course, the next release of my own OptOut spyware
detection and removal utility WILL consider these programs to
be dangerous, and warn its users of their presence in their
systems. But I wanted to be sure that you knew RIGHT AWAY what
was going on, and that I had independently confirmed that this
invasive file download and trackability really was occurring.
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And also if this message makes lots of people visit his website then
that is advertising revenue/traffic is it not?
Now if I was asked to say whether I trusted Mr Gibson or AOL more
it might be a hard choice.
Regards
Jim Whitaker
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On 26 Jul 00, at 15:30, Ricky Rankin wrote:
Date sent: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:30:14 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
Priority: NORMAL
Subject: NetZip *ARE* Spying On Us!
From: Ricky Rankin <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
Send reply to: Ricky Rankin <[log in to unmask]>
> Apologies for cross posting.
>
> Received this message from a colleague. It appears that this
> software sends messages back to base telling what other sites
> you have visited.
>
> Is there anything that we should be worried about/advising our
> users?
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