Dell rejects spyware charge

Dell rejects spyware charge
John Leyden, The Register 2005-07-15

Dell has rejected allegations that its PCs come pre-loaded with an intrusive application that spies on users' surfing habits. The equipment manufacturer said there was nothing untoward about My Way Search Assistant despite complaints from customers that the toolbar impares computer performance, changes browser settings and is difficult to remove.

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Dell rejects spyware charge 2005-07-15
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Dell rejects spyware charge- READ THE EULA 2005-07-19
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Re: Dell rejects spyware charge- READ THE EULA 2005-07-20
demonx

That information is available to ANY webserver you connect to. When the server says 'Hey man, what are you running there?', your web browser unless configured to do otherwise; will reply: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4"

If you are running firefox 1.0.4 under XP. Or it may tell the server:

"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"

If you are running IE 6 under XP. You would be surprised how much information is created/collected every day because of your internet habits.

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