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Re: Problem accessing Erightsoft download links for Super
de < 01/18/2007 03:59
Hi Mike,
> Am I missing something? My impression of Super to-date is that it is
> SPYWARE that constantly tries to phone home (should you be unfortuanate
> enough to find a download link and install it).
>
> Has anything changed in the last 6 months since I removed this from my
> system?
I wouldn't call SUPER a "spyware" product. It phones-home (like ET)
with each launch, but you can stop that by configuring your firewall to
deny access to SUPER. Lots of freeware programs phone-home at regular
intervals to check for updates, and most of the time you can tell the
program to stop doing that in their Preferences box or Options panel.
My issue with SUPER is that I cannot check a box to stop SUPER from
phoning-home.
As far as I know, SUPER doesn't transmit any data from my computer
other than to compare its own version number with the author's website
for updates. I was under the impression that "spyware" meant that the
program secretly transmits or broadcasts data that the user would not
normally release if he or she were given a choice. As far as I know,
SUPER is not "spyware" by that definition.
Although I WOULD like to see a check box in SUPER where I could turn
that phone-home option off... ;)
Take good care bro!