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« on: September 01, 2006, 05:52:51 PM »
hai guys

        is alexa toolbar a spyware?

         yesterday i tried to download one file from MEGAUPLOAD and it showed "all the tickets assigned to your country are under use Please try again later "
          Below this i saw something saying that download and install Alexa toolbar and download your file instantly, Tempted by this statement i downloaded that toolbar(around 400 kb) and installed and now i tried downloadind with MEGAUPLOAD and i was given  a ticket to download that same file.

          later i ran a spyware scan and it showed alexa as a spyware and i have this question now "Is alexa toolbar a spyware?"
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2006, 08:29:26 PM »
Yes it is...I think many people have gotten this one time or another..and heres a useful link describing it and ways to uninstall it..eventhough there is an uninstall feature to it

http://www.spyany.com/program/article_ad_rm_Alexa_ToolBar.html
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2006, 09:38:36 PM »
yes it is spyware.....i hate spyware....lol
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2006, 05:57:45 AM »
sure  is , one of the pioneer spywares
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2006, 07:04:46 AM »
its not spyware in the regualy sense that does harm to your system like most spyware does. Its just an annoying peace of software that is hard to unistall.
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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2006, 08:03:41 AM »
In the past ALEXA would try to sneak in. It seems they are trying to go somewhat legit.

http://alexa.com/ You can get some traffric ratings from them, I dont consider them to be that bad anymore. They do monitor your habits though, and Roco is right they are spyware pioneers. ;)
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« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2006, 08:05:48 AM »
So they finally made enough money to do it the right way then.  Razz
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« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2006, 08:08:12 AM »
Quote from: tommie gorman on September 02, 2006, 08:05:48 AM
So they finally made enough money to do it the right way then.  Razz

na, they have to do it right now, or no one would use it.
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