Re: Not all adware is badware

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 4/6/06, KF (lists) <kf_lists () digitalmunition com> wrote:
> There is no confusion (at least for me).... its garbage no matter how
> you word it.
>
> (*)ware in general is just about as annoying as the fact that you can't
> even get a friggin utility bill these days without half a ream of ads
> crammed in the envelope with my invoice or physically attached to the
> return envelope!
>
> Its all trash... call it adware, call it spyware, call it creative
> advertising... its still garbage!


Unless they check their customers out, you can always port an ie vuln
through a pop-up or banner ad.

Either way it takes up bandwidth and the adware could be a point of
entry if its coded badly

-JP

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