Pythagoras 0 Posted August 26, 2001 Ok so sometimes I go to a site (like the Free AMD stickers link in another thread) and an ad pops up and the process "savenow.exe" starts taking up 15 megs of RAM. After closing the window the exe stays resident and I have to end-task it. I think I have uninstalled a program "savenow" a trillion times, is this program being installed without my (admin) authorization? Is this illegal (in the legal sense) if the os or someone else is jamming this down my throat? Share this post Link to post
shovmyfist 0 Posted August 26, 2001 Savenow is a spyware program... at www.lavasoftusa.com there is a utility that removes this & explains it... Becaause of spyware my comp used to crash all the time after doing many reloads i found out about this utility at lavasoftusa.com & i have never had a problem since! Share this post Link to post
Pythagoras 0 Posted August 27, 2001 Tnx, shouldnt spyware things be illegal? Share this post Link to post
shovmyfist 0 Posted August 27, 2001 i personally think spyware is like a virus but its currently its not illegal... it should be though programs like bear share, kazaa. etc.. all have spyware! Share this post Link to post
Pythagoras 0 Posted August 28, 2001 so thats what all those bear-share updates are doing! Share this post Link to post
