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Name: ER4S3R
Date: February 20, 2005 at 13:13:18 Pacific
Subject: Lavasoft weakening detection?
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: AMD/512
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Apparently Both Lavasoft and Computer Associates stopped detecting WhenU products without clearly informing their users. Given the documented pressure WhenU has been applying to anti-spyware vendors to weaken their detection criteria....


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Response Number 1
Name: yankanuk
Date: February 20, 2005 at 22:28:55 Pacific
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That's why I use Spybot S&D
It keeps my PC running really clean of spyware,

I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it...
mainly because it was just a sew-sew job.


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Name: TheKid
Date: February 21, 2005 at 01:48:40 Pacific
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