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Imagine my surprise when I went online this evening to my Road Runner home page and a maximum security alert popped up. My spyware program let me know that Time Warner has purchased a Spyware progam, apparently from Google, as indicated from the URL and is using it here. Has anyone else experienced this? This company has a monopoly here at the pleasure of the Triangle local governments and this is a travesty, if not downright illegal. Please let me know if you have seen this as I am planning on calling local officials, and possibly every media outlet in the area, about this.
Imagine my surprise when I went online this evening to my Road Runner home page and a maximum security alert popped up. My spyware program let me know that Time Warner has purchased a Spyware progam, apparently from Google, as indicated from the URL and is using it here. Has anyone else experienced this? This company has a monopoly here at the pleasure of the Triangle local governments and this is a travesty, if not downright illegal. Please let me know if you have seen this as I am planning on calling local officials, and possibly every media outlet in the area, about this.
Please provide the name of the security program you're using, the version of your operating system, and what the warning actually says. Without these details it's really hard to evaluate the scope of this alleged breach of trust. (Moreover, I'm not sure what you mean by "using it here".)
Also, if I'm not mistaken many folks in the triangle can get high speed DSL through AT&T, so it's not quite a monopoly.
is not the only high speed provider, but they are the only cable company and are operting by virtue of an exclusive deal with the local governments or would not have been be in this market in the first place. Otherwise it would not be illegal or even unusual to see this and I would not be so irate.
Trend Micro PC Cillin
OS - XP http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/p...va=true&dtd=31
I am confused by this as well. Your spyware program told you that TWC had purchased its own spyware? How would your program know the dealings of another organization? Could it have possibly been an alert from TWC making sure your spyware was turned on?
And if I am not mistaken, spyware is to protect you from the spying of another entity. For TWC to actually "spy" on consumers, they would need a Trojan horse or worm embedded in an email or download and then you would 'activate" it by opening the email or download.
I just went onto Road Runner's home page and I do not see what you are referring to. TWC has a spyware program they are offering to its consumers.
is not the only high speed provider, but they are the only cable company and are operting by virtue of an exclusive deal with the local governments or would not have been be in this market in the first place. Otherwise it would not be illegal or even unusual to see this and I would not be so irate.
Trend Micro PC Cillin
OS - XP http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/p...va=true&dtd=31
That link just led me to a blank page with a simple ad. Also, while they used to be the only cable company, ATT's U-Verse has now opened up in this market. For it truly to be a monopoly, this would have never started to take place. Even Verizon is looking to start FOIS in this area.
with the monopoly thing. That is only to say why the company is licensed by the grace of local government.
Look through the URL. You will see the reference to Google ads and News14. It isn't a link to anything, just a tag.
My spyware program does indeed alert me to sites which have specific spyware attached to them. You can look up the function of spyware online so that you can understand it better, but, believe me, it does not protect you and is at best a problem in that it slows you down considerably. The "spyware programs" you may see advertised to purchase are to ALERT you to the presence of spyware like the one I have. Companies buy and insert these programs to see what you are looking at online and God knows what else. Try An explanation of Spyware (http://baunji.com/default.aspx - broken link) for an explanation. This IS a link.
with the monopoly thing. That is only to say why the company is licensed by the grace of local government.
Look through the URL. You will see the reference to Google ads and News14. It isn't a link to anything, just a tag.
My spyware program does indeed alert me to sites which have specific spyware attached to them. You can look up the function of spyware online so that you can understand it better, but, believe me, it does not protect you and is at best a problem in that it slows you down considerably. The "spyware programs" you may see advertised to purchase are to ALERT you to the presence of spyware like the one I have. Companies buy and insert these programs to see what you are looking at online and God knows what else. Try An explanation of Spyware (http://baunji.com/default.aspx - broken link) for an explanation. This IS a link.
I apologize for getting off onto a tangent, but you raised two separate points: spyware on Road Runner and TWC's suppossed monopoly on cable services in the Triangle.
I know the function of spyware. I don't need a link. (And I don't like being talked down to like I know nothing about computers and technology). But thank you for sending me to a site discussing programs for Windows in 2005. This is even more fascinating since there are much more reputable spyware programs than Windows Defender. Of course, you could just use a Mac like I do. My fiancee has a PC with spyware and her computer and connection is quite fast.
Also, a firewall is more important that spyware. She and I are on the same network with the firewall activated and our password is WPA-Personal protected. I don't care what some company suppossedly has, there is no way they are getting through.
But please, keep going with the conspiracies. I'm going to make some hats out of aluminum foil.
is not the only high speed provider, but they are the only cable company and are operting by virtue of an exclusive deal with the local governments or would not have been be in this market in the first place. Otherwise it would not be illegal or even unusual to see this and I would not be so irate.
Trend Micro PC Cillin
OS - XP http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/p...va=true&dtd=31
That's an... advertisement. Served up by Google/Doubleclick. I'm not sure I see the spyware that's allegedly been installed on your system.
with a good spyware alert program (Spysweeper, etc.) that is willing go to News14.com and see if you get an alert if you have your settings to give alerts? Thanks in advance.
Geoff2v, you have only a small part of the line. It is definitely not an advertisement. It was part of an alert from Trend Micro, which labeled it as dangerous spyware from the News14.com site. This alert arrived the moment I opened the home page. It could not even been caused by one of their advertisers as I did not open any other link or page. Also, I just scanned and found a number of cookies from the spyware. I must keep my security on medium to low in order to be able to use some sites I need for my work, so I have the PC Cillin to alert me rather than block all cookies.
Is there anyone out there with a good spyware alert program (Spysweeper, etc.) that is willing go to News14.com and see if you get an alert? (especially if you have medium to low security) Thanks in advance.
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