Day: October 23, 2003

  • Gator IS Spyware

    So it’s not as though I really need to point out or drive traffic to the little-known website called Slashdot, but every now and then I just can’t help myself. Take this thread, for instance:

    Gator Forces Site To Remove ‘Spyware’ Label

    There’s a lot of good vitriol in there, but this tidbit really caught my eye as a piece of above-and-beyond humor:

    Dear Gator,

    Gator is Spyware, you f***ers. Spyware. Spyware. Spyware.

    Please send me a nastygram. My career is stalled, and I could really use the publicity.

    Love,

    Wil Wheaton
    Linux weenie who doesn’t even use your crappy SPYware.

    PS- It’s spyware.

    He’s right, you know. Gator is spyware. The best removal tool for all such malware is Spybot Search & Destroy, just so you know.

    That, or don’t run Windows. *smirk*

    (Yes, Mari, I linked to Wil Wheaton. Yes, this is one of the signs of the forthcoming Apocalypse.)