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Miscellaneous => Applications => Topic started by: slave on 31 January 2003, 01:18

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: slave on 31 January 2003, 01:18

Check out this slashdot article about the most evil IE toolbar ever!

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/30/1314236.shtml?tid=113 (http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/30/1314236.shtml?tid=113)

nautical9 writes "Following the same devious footsteps of the infamous Bonzi Buddy, Gator, and Comet Cursor "enhancements", Xupiter now has their own self-installing toolbar for IE. There are many claims that if you leave your security preferences at their default level, it will install itself without your express permission. And once on your system, it's gracious enough to reset your homepage to xupiter.com, forward all your searches to their search engine, download and automatically launch applications (like gambling applets), and blocks all attempts to set these back to normal. Removing it isn't trivial either - it automatically checks for updates upon reboot, where it constantly changes the registry settings it uses, making the jobs of spyware removal programs like AdAware or Spybot Search & Destroy much harder. No word yet if it collects and forwards personal data."

Thank goodness I use Mozilla.

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: slave on 31 January 2003, 01:27

More info I found on the xupiter website [xupiter.com]

Here's simply what they will admit the software does to spy on your computer!

HOW DOES Xupiter WORK?

We provide you with advertisements that match your interests to make your Internet experience more satisfying. We determine your interests by collecting information about what sites you visit on the Web. For example if you visit a travel Web site, we may present an advertisement that promotes the sale of airline tickets. These special offers and advertisements may be displayed using various browser enhancements and pop-up windows on Web sites you visit.

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: pkd_lives on 31 January 2003, 01:45

Thanks for that. I'm still laughing.  :D    :D    :D  

Mo...mo..Mo...MO..MOZILLA.

And of course Opera, Phoenix, Chimera, Safari, Omniweb, Galeon, Nutscrape, Kmeleon, Lynx, Konquerer, Nautilus. And they are still using IE. It just baffles belief.

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: choasforages on 31 January 2003, 02:04

replace the x with st and you get the idea

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: Pantso on 31 January 2003, 03:04

:D    :D  ROFLMAO   :D    :D  . That's hillarious! Well, too bad I don't use windows and IE! You lucky windows users, you!   :D

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: Bazoukas on 31 January 2003, 07:51

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZILLA Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!


 And let the rest of them get more stupid.

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: choasforages on 31 January 2003, 07:52

think i could somehow sue my school for this? i remove stuff like gator, bonzi buddy and comet cursor on anymachine i use

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: Calum on 1 February 2003, 12:37

isn't this stupiter thing the sort of thing that windoids like to run around flapping their arms about and calling a virus?

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: Kintaro on 1 February 2003, 14:49

its vurysb you bfbder gjsdfgn

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: Refalm on 1 February 2003, 15:11

quote:

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Calum: Member # 81: isn't this stupiter thing the sort of thing that windoids like to run around flapping their arms about and calling a virus?

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Windoid: "Linux doesn't have as many application as Windows. Windows has many and the best!"

Me: "Yeah, Comet Cursor, ILOVEYOU, Yama.K, Worm.32, KaZaA, BONZIBuddy and many more! They're the greatest."

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: Doogee on 1 February 2003, 18:16

Happy 666 posts refalm, you are now truly evil

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: Calum on 4 February 2003, 13:32

i am five times more evil > :D

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: preacher on 4 February 2003, 14:00

lol, what a bunch of crap, I almost feel sorry for IE users for having to put up with all this crap, not only from an insecure product, but also from these spam companies. Let linux set you free.

Title: Evil lurks on the planet Xupiter
Post by: Fett101 on 4 February 2003, 21:34

Or those moronic MS users could learn about security and tweak thier IE settings accordingly.