GATOR is now CLARIA

[LTR12101B]

http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5099212.html?tag=nefd_top

http://www.warp2search.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15112

They don't like people calling them "spyware", but when you see WHAT they collect (extract from W2S link):

Some of the Web pages viewed
The amount of time spent at some Web sites
Response to GAIN Ads
Standard web log information (excluding IP Addresses) and system settings
What software is on the personal computer
First name, country, city, and five digit ZIP code
Non-personally identifiable information on Web pages and forms
Software usage characteristics and preferences

Spyware! - well, what would you call it?

 

[PC-GUY]

In the real world it would be like getting mugged!!!!!

 

[woody]

I hate their sh*t!Thanks for the new name...Seems they are trying to keep ahead of the removal tools.I don't condone hacking...but sites like these should be.Nobody likes being spied on. I wish somebody would ban this type of activity.

 

[serjer]

but still ,is spyware

 

[aybesea]

They will burn eternally in digital hell (at least, I'd like to think so)!

 

[PC-GUY]

Call4help said it was cheaper for them to change their name then to sue every one that called them spyware!!!! What a joke!!!

 

[scarecrow]

Fortunately enough there's no gator for Linux up to date, so I don't give a fook if it'll be renamed to Claria or Cinderella!