Gator Sues Company For Blocking Their Pop Ups
from the tricky-issues dept
Well, this situation is getting more complex. Gator, the company that is involved with a bunch of lawsuits from people trying to stop Gator's pop up ads from showing over their sites, has started a legal battle of its own. It's suing another company for actively blocking Gator's ads, saying that the decision of what happens on someone's computer should be up to the end-user, and not the website that person visits. While I agree with the principle of this, I think Gator is being a little misleading. First of all, while they do get people to click through an agreement, they're not the most forthcoming company when it comes to telling their users that they're installing adware which will take over their computer. Second, visiting a website suggests that the person wants to see what that website has put up - and not what another company wants. That act alone seems to suggest that they're okay with what the website deems is okay - on that specific website. If you take Gator's argument to the logical extreme (a risky move, I'll grant you) it suggests that no website should be allowed to display content - since it might not be what the user has approved.
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Gator should burn in hell
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EFF is debating their involvement...
This company trespasses on computers without the expressed permission of the computer's user (though it could be implyed that the user installed some software they bought which included Gator, and thus the user gave Gator permission to access their computer,) then uses that access to display intrusive marketing to the user. There are many other better posterboys out there for EFF, let Gator fight this battle themselves...
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how to remove gator (and save! while we are at it
my computer? much appreciated. they don't show up in add/remove programs
in control panel.
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Re: how to remove gator (and save! while we are at
Best way is to reformat the drive and install Linux...
But seriously, I've deleted the directories they reside in (usually they exist in the Program Files Directory,) and then remove the traces of them from the registry. That usually gets rid of them.
Also contact the companies which distribute the gator software with their commercial product and tell them that you don't appreciate their bundling of a spyware product from a 3rd party (Gator) with their commercial products, and will discontinue buying their software until they stop this practice.
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Re: how to remove gator (and save! while we are at
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gator need to be stoped
but the other day i went to get the new icq 2003a beta . and i was bombard with gator .
now i have pop up runing with out even running. explorer. i think gator need to be shut down for good .
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Re: how to remove gator (and save! while we are at
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Re: Gator should burn in hell
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Wire it's jaws shut.
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Let's help them find Hell
Your company is a boil on the ass of the internet community. Whoever started this company should either cease and disist this horrible operation or consider suicide as a viable option. I and every internet user curse the day that such a lecherous body of operation could have been conceived. I hope you all burn in hell for screwing up our computers and badgering us with endless popups. Have a great day, that is if your karma ever allows such a digrace to take place.
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Re: Let's help them find Hell
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Wheres Steve Irwin when you need him????
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