On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:32:12 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Sam" wrote in message
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
IrfanView is the editor I've used for years,
and it's free: http://www.irfanview.com/

It's a great product. It's one of the few 'freeware' products that I've
made a
donation for.

I just took a look at it - I'm going to download it and see what's
what.

The wife has a photo of us propped up on the monitor, the skin tones
have us looking like we've been bobbing for french fries so I showed
her the homepage of irfanview to see if she wanted to download it. She
looked for a bit and saw the small box on the right to download through
"Tucows" and said no, as "Tucows" is notorius spyware. There is
another download option on the left side of the page, whether they are
tied together or not I don't know. Sam


Since when was the Tucows site considered "spyware"? Got a link I can read?


I had the same thought. I've been downloading Irfan's software for a lot of years.
--
John H

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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:32:12 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Sam" wrote in message
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
IrfanView is the editor I've used for years,
and it's free: http://www.irfanview.com/

It's a great product. It's one of the few 'freeware' products that
I've
made a
donation for.

I just took a look at it - I'm going to download it and see what's
what.

The wife has a photo of us propped up on the monitor, the skin tones
have us looking like we've been bobbing for french fries so I showed
her the homepage of irfanview to see if she wanted to download it. She
looked for a bit and saw the small box on the right to download through
"Tucows" and said no, as "Tucows" is notorius spyware. There is
another download option on the left side of the page, whether they are
tied together or not I don't know. Sam


Since when was the Tucows site considered "spyware"? Got a link I can
read?


I had the same thought. I've been downloading Irfan's software for a lot
of years.

Yeah, but that's available in numerous places other than Tucows. He's
talking about the site itself being "spyware". I think he's been reading
local computer shmexperts in his newspaper. The site tries to set way too
many cookies, but that's about it.

Doug Kanter wrote:
"Sam" wrote in message
...and saw the small box on the right to download through
"Tucows" and said no, as "Tucows" is notorius spyware. There is
another download option on the left side of the page, whether they are
tied together or not I don't know. Sam


Since when was the Tucows site considered "spyware"? Got a link I can read?

Absolutely not. I googled around and couldn't find anything. Lucy's got
some 'splanin' to do. My bad. Sam

On 23 Dec 2005 11:27:19 -0800, "Sam" wrote:

Since when was the Tucows site considered "spyware"? Got a link I can read?

Absolutely not. I googled around and couldn't find anything. Lucy's got
some 'splanin' to do. My bad. Sam

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A lot of the software available on Tucows (and other free download
sites) contains Spyware. That's a fact. Whenever you get something
for free, there's usualy a catch somewhere. Spyware is it.

Wayne.B wrote:
On 23 Dec 2005 11:27:19 -0800, "Sam" wrote:

Since when was the Tucows site considered "spyware"? Got a link I can read?

Absolutely not. I googled around and couldn't find anything. Lucy's got
some 'splanin' to do. My bad. Sam

=============================

A lot of the software available on Tucows (and other free download
sites) contains Spyware. That's a fact. Whenever you get something
for free, there's usualy a catch somewhere. Spyware is it.

Yes, that's what Lucy said just before she slipped into unconsiousness
from the beating I gave her. ;-) After a short but stellar career, I
am retiring from the computer advice field. Sam

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On 23 Dec 2005 11:27:19 -0800, "Sam" wrote:

Since when was the Tucows site considered "spyware"? Got a link I can
read?

Absolutely not. I googled around and couldn't find anything. Lucy's got
some 'splanin' to do. My bad. Sam

=============================

A lot of the software available on Tucows (and other free download
sites) contains Spyware. That's a fact. Whenever you get something
for free, there's usualy a catch somewhere. Spyware is it.


Oh please...freeware is not automatically equal to spyware. If you don't
trust Tucows, visit www.download.com (cNet) instead. It's somewhat more
businesslike, and they really do check things carefully.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On 23 Dec 2005 11:27:19 -0800, "Sam" wrote:

Since when was the Tucows site considered "spyware"? Got a link I can
read?

Absolutely not. I googled around and couldn't find anything. Lucy's got
some 'splanin' to do. My bad. Sam

=============================

A lot of the software available on Tucows (and other free download
sites) contains Spyware. That's a fact. Whenever you get something
for free, there's usualy a catch somewhere. Spyware is it.


Oh please...freeware is not automatically equal to spyware. If you don't
trust Tucows, visit www.download.com (cNet) instead. It's somewhat more
businesslike, and they really do check things carefully.



I never had a problem with spyware after downloading from Tucows.

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:04:59 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Oh please...freeware is not automatically equal to spyware. If you don't
trust Tucows, visit www.download.com (cNet) instead. It's somewhat more
businesslike, and they really do check things carefully.

======================================

CNET has come in for their share of grief also. I was a downloader
par excellence at one time but I've backed off after a few bad
experiences. If someone is charging decent money for the software, at
least there's an organization to go after if it messes up your
computer. I prefer to let others do the beta testing.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:04:59 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Oh please...freeware is not automatically equal to spyware. If you don't
trust Tucows, visit www.download.com (cNet) instead. It's somewhat more
businesslike, and they really do check things carefully.

======================================

CNET has come in for their share of grief also. I was a downloader
par excellence at one time but I've backed off after a few bad
experiences. If someone is charging decent money for the software, at
least there's an organization to go after if it messes up your
computer. I prefer to let others do the beta testing.


If you had a real firewall, you wouldn't give a damn about spyware, John.
What firewall do you use?

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:07:34 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Wayne.B" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:04:59 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Oh please...freeware is not automatically equal to spyware. If you don't
trust Tucows, visit www.download.com (cNet) instead. It's somewhat more
businesslike, and they really do check things carefully.

======================================

CNET has come in for their share of grief also. I was a downloader
par excellence at one time but I've backed off after a few bad
experiences. If someone is charging decent money for the software, at
least there's an organization to go after if it messes up your
computer. I prefer to let others do the beta testing.


If you had a real firewall, you wouldn't give a damn about spyware, John.
What firewall do you use?


I wasn't the one worried about the spyware. I'm the one who suggested the program to
be downloaded. I use McAfee, spybot, and adaware. So far I've been pretty lucky.
--
John H

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