Spyware Deluge

[JackSpratts]

has anyone ever gotten more entries than this after using ad-aware or is this some kind of awful record?

i just got back from dinner w/a friend this evening and thought i'd check her pc for new spyware, since the last time i cleaned it was about 4 weeks ago. in that time her daughter d/l'd some barbie stuff, her son put in a copy of limewire and i saw the happy banzibuddies so i knew there'd be some junk in the registry. i downloaded today's latest ad-aware signature file (ref # 103-07-04-2002) from lavasoftusa and ran it. whoa - i found 238 EFFING REGISTRY ENTRIES! i've never seen or even heard of this many before. i'm sorry but this is way too much crap in just a few weeks of very light surfing. i forget how pervasive this has become because i clean mine regularly and actually avoid almost all of it to begin with – but most people do not. its getting out of hand now. these companies are beginning to kill the internet experience for very short term gains. it's so bad that if they're not careful people will begin calling for legislation - and that's a road fraught with danger i don't want to even think about going down.

if any of you guys responsible for this mess stop here from time to time to check out “the enemy” (and you do), please keep this in mind; one, we're not the enemy - we're working to improve the net experience for everyone (and that helps you) and two, your shortsighted actions are going to destroy the very businesses you're trying to grow.

- js.