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тАО03-11-2005 03:12 AM
тАО03-11-2005 03:12 AM
I need as much specific detail as possible, so I can defend my position.
Thanks for any info.
:-) Jay
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тАО03-11-2005 03:58 AM
тАО03-11-2005 03:58 AM
SolutionMy only concern is with the "Detect RSS feeds" ability, in that this feature probably CAN be hacked and used to plant content. But it's a feature that needs to be turned on.
http://toolbar.yahoo.com/ie?.cpdl=fp
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/toolbar/toolbar-03.html
My preference is either the google Toolbar (with a minimal load and no reporting ability), or just the bare built-in IE tools.
Jon
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тАО03-11-2005 05:37 AM
тАО03-11-2005 05:37 AM
Re: Is the Yahoo Toolbar Spyware?
http://dynamicflash.com/2005/03/yahoo-toolbar-now-bundled-with-macromedia-flash-player/
Yahoo is also in bed with some of the adware companies:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/gator/Yahoo.asp
I remove it all of the time. Most people have no idea how it got there or how to get rid of it.
Why don't you install it on a test machine that has Zone Alarm on it and see if it tries to call home?
Ron
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тАО03-11-2005 07:00 AM
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Re: Is the Yahoo Toolbar Spyware?
Regards
Chris
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тАО03-11-2005 07:28 AM
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Re: Is the Yahoo Toolbar Spyware?
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тАО03-11-2005 01:09 PM
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Re: Is the Yahoo Toolbar Spyware?
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тАО03-12-2005 12:37 AM
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тАО03-12-2005 03:06 AM
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Re: Is the Yahoo Toolbar Spyware?
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тАО03-12-2005 09:50 AM
тАО03-12-2005 09:50 AM
Re: Is the Yahoo Toolbar Spyware?
It doesn't crash systems, but it corrupts files...........
I can't tell you how many times I've uninstalled it.......
And I totally agree that it should not be installed when setting up your DSL connection.
I've had great success with google toolbar.
Go figure, I do like the yahoo web mail feature of the SBC DSL account. Secure and quick........
Jim
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