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    New.net Sues Lavasoft

    "...Complaint for false advertising, trade libel. Defendant falsely targets plaintiff as a 'Data Miner,' and prompts the computer user to remove the New.net's client software...."


    http://icann.blog.us/2003/05/06.html#a1338

    This was posted over at pctechtalk.com, referencing this source. Not much info to go by, but you get the general idea.

    How fucked up is this? I mean a very destructive spyware/adware that if uninstalled incorrectly could KILL your internet connection and force you to reinstall drivers and settings is suing someone else!!! They should be sued and dissolved for there softwares destructive behavior. New.net should not be allowed to exist.
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    ya that's messed up.

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    If what you're saying is true Ken (i have no reason to doubt it) then hopefully it will come up in the court case. That is what the trail is for. Perhaps when Lavasoft is found innocent, they could turn the tables!

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    lol... new.net can kiss my ass. lavasoft should countersue for what ken said (destructive behavior). new.net is just mad bc they KNOW they are losing money, and they want to try to get some back.

    sad sad sad. pitiful attempt on new.net's behalf.
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    Why? They should be held accountable for the claims they make just like everyone else.

    Which sites like lavasoft and grc only do those things so they can market their other products its not about all the other things which people want to believe.

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    nobody ever forced ad-aware on my computer

    new.net has gone on without my permission no less than 5 times

    lavasoft makes money by selling a product that people want

    new.net forces its way onto your computer and makes money by selling information you never implicitly gave permission for (yes they give an uninstall, but they don't tell you "you are installing new.net, a program that can seriously fuck your TCP stack")

    leave it to seph to defend some crooked scumbag (just like bush, vinnie, and countless others in the past)

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    Originally posted by notbob

    leave it to seph to defend some crooked scumbag (just like bush, vinnie, and countless others in the past)
    And leave it to you to bash whoever is unpopular at the time because "everyone else is doing it"

    If you want to distory what i posted to strech it to cover alot more than what it did and then critize me on it then fine go ahead.

    All i said is that lavasoft is getting something back for doing all this, weather or not its good or bad i didnt say and personally i dont care since i use spybot anyways.

    They are not perfect and what if they do make a mistake? Shouldnt they held responisble just like anyone else would? Or no is it because that you personally like ad-aware that they should be able to do whatever they feel like.

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    Originally posted by Sephiroth
    And leave it to you to bash whoever is unpopular at the time because "everyone else is doing it"

    you make strong statements, i make strong statements

    if you don't want people calling you to the mat every once in a while, don't make your views so obvious

    i'm glad you aren't a wishy washy little tart like most of the people around here, but that by no means means i like you

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    This is really "PHUCT UP!" I hate that New.net shit! Hate all spyware/adware!
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    hmm... not to hop into your convo here... but notbob has a point. you dont HAVE to put ad aware, spybot, or any other spyware-deleter on your comp. but new.net... there are many programs that use new.net. and it's mandatory.

    plus, what does new.net do? if they allege it is not a data miner, id like to know what they think it does.
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    I would love to see a independent test, as I feel new.net is not being up front. We all need to know exactly what it does.
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    might as well do this here

    hello, I recently fell into there trap, aka, I lost my connection, however, re instaling settings, etc, didn't work, even ipconfig didn't work, so, I reformated, switched to xp pro, etc, but what the hell? there sueing lavasoft? shouldn't they be fixing there dam program? I was up to 3 in the fucking morning trying to fix my comp, I lost tuns of proggies, and downloaded stuff... O well, it was 6 months, the longest I've ever gone without reformating.
    I also lost my liscence for my screen reader, so I am forced to use a demo, screw them!
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    shouldn't they be fixing there dam program?
    A program that doesn't ask your explicit permission to install, and then affects your internet connection should not be fixed. It should be destroyed.

    It would be a tough choice between this and a virus. In some cases, i'd take the fucking virus.
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    Agreed ken, it should have its ass stuffed with fire ants. IMHO
    And for serribi to have problems with his screenreader because of this garbage just pisses me off.
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    That's just great. If they win the case then everyone will have new.net inseminated into their PCs
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