No kidding... tell me something I didn't know already...Update: Anti-malware group says the software deceives users and interferes with computer use.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12692 ... ticle.html
No kidding... tell me something I didn't know already...Update: Anti-malware group says the software deceives users and interferes with computer use.
An AOL spokesman said that it is "clearly ridiculous" to categorize his company's software as badware. "No company has done more to fight malware than AOL, and millions of users are protected by our software every day," said AOL's Andrew Weinstein
Man I FANTASIZE about getting a screenshot of AOL's SpyZapper reporting that it just checked the computer for spyware and found no problems while I also have a report from Pest Patrol on the screen showing a massive spyware infection. This actually happened once while I was showing a client the Pest Patrol report."No company has done more to fight malware than AOL, and millions of users are protected by our software every day"
Obviously, they forgot about version 5."Clearly, AOL does not belong in the same category as the malicious badware providers we have previously identified, but the free version of AOL 9.0 that we tested, in our view, does not live up to the company's rich legacy"
Except that AOL 5 had a default setting during install that would turn over all TCP/IP ownership over to AOL 5...meaning, if you had other dial-up services, they were all effectively rendered non-existent. You used AOL, or you gave up the Internet.Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
Hey AOL 5 was probably the best version they had.
All I remember is building a computer for my neighbor, and repeatedly insisting that he never install AOL...he called me three weeks later asking me to fix his computer, cuz he did exactly the opposite of what I told him, and lost all Internet access, except for AOL. "But my kids insisted, cuz they wanted to use AIM". Morons...the non-subscriber version of AIM was superior to the subscriber version.Lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit against America Online on behalf of 8 million customers, claiming that the latest version of its software cripples existing Internet accounts with rival companies.
Thus, the class-action lawsuit. Which I believe AOL lost."Even for some of the real networking pros, this thing can be a beast to fix," said Doug Barney, a columnist for Network World magazine.