freeze.com screensavers (no adware)

[Oleg]

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Dear Software Tips and Tricks,

Please immediately respond and confirm the following page has been
taking down-
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/internet/26611-freeze-com-screensavers-no-adware.html

Failure to do so immediately will result in further legal action.

Thanks, and we appreciate your quick response to this theft of our
services.

Rob Weber
President & Co-Founder
Freeze.com, LLC

[mshah007]

Thanks for this - maybe you should post under windows xp so more people know about them.

[vidster]

Links to pictures would have been a good idea Oleg.

I wouldn't recommend anyone click on a link containing an executable file in it. That would be just crazy!

[EDIT] Why would this want to go in the XP section mshah007

[mshah007]

Simply because it is more desktop related than internet related.

[vidster]

And the only desktop around is in the XP operating system?

[mshah007]

Do these screen savers work for other operating systems ?

[U.S. Patriot]

Originally Posted by Oleg

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I would be very careful about installing anything from Freeze.com. I tried two of their screensavers and both had adware in them. Usually when you go to install it, it will say this program has been bundle packaged with other software. This software is many times Weatherbug, Whenu, and New.net and others.
Here is a forum with a guy from freeze.com making a post, trying to defend it. http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/sh...26goto=newpost
The post is from a person named "ryanjweber". Here he states "The user's are not presented and uncheck option for New.net, it is a mandatory install if you want to complete the screen saver installation".
New.net is spyware\adware!!!
Read the fine print before installing.

[mshah007]

I had no problems i ran spybot, adware, spydefence and MS Antispyware. I also checked LSP with the Adware and Spybot plugin and could not find New.net or any other spyware

[U.S. Patriot]

Originally Posted by mshah007

I had no problems i ran spybot, adware, spydefence and MS Antispyware. I also checked LSP with the Adware and Spybot plugin and could not find New.net or any other spyware

By default Spybot S&D ignores New.net unless the user unchecks the box for New.net in the "Ignore Products" setting as does many others including Microsoft antispyware. See here:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/elh/newnet-detections.htm

You have to remember, just because a program ignores a certain pest doesn't mean your not infected with it. Just like many of them ignore WhenU now, but WhenU is adware.
It's also very possible freeze.com changed their screensaver bundled software practices, it's been about a year since I looked at one.
Like I said just read the fine print.

[mshah007]

new.net is unchecked under my configuration. thanks for the tip though

[somerandomguy]

Umm...thanks but I tried installing a screensaver from there one time but
it gave me a virus. Just saying.

[vidster]

The clue is in the URL... Why have a screensaver as an executable file?

[Oleg]

My'n Is all paid without spyware.