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Ken Close wrote:
> After I posted a recommendation to NetCaptor here, I saw various
> messages saying this was spyware.  Sure enough, Google delivered various
> hits (near the top) claiming NetCaptor was spyware.

[snip]

> Here is his reply (below).   A big lesson is: do not necessarily believe
> the top hits from a Google search; more due diligence is needed


Ken,

I tried Netcaptor some time ago and decided to drop it because of its 
using of spyware services. (I'm talking of Netcaptor free version. Ads 
supported.)

Since then I never come back and never checked for the details of its 
evolution because I didn't see enough reasons to buy a browser and its 
free version was still ads supported.

Just to better focus what spyware is I paste below some lines from 
www.spychecker.com (www.spychecker.com/spyware.html)

"Spyware is Internet jargon for Advertising Supported software (Adware). 
It is a way for shareware authors to make money from a product, other 
than by selling it to the users.

[snip]

Why is it called "Spyware" ?
While this may be a great concept, the downside is that the advertising 
companies also install additional tracking software on your system, 
which is continuously "calling home", using your Internet connection and 
reports statistical data to the "mothership".  While according to the 
privacy policies of the companies, there will be no sensitive or 
identifying data collected from your system and you shall remain 
anonymous, it still remains the fact, that you have a "live" server 
sitting on your PC that is sending information about you and your 
surfing habits to a remote location....."

This from spychecker.com.

So after your last post I understood that more due diligence was needed 
and took the time to download a copy of Netcaptor and to install it in 
free mode.

That it's what I saw.

When you launch it, a popup window welcomes you telling that

"Netcaptor sends the address of the page you are visiting to our web 
server so we can choose related links and relevant ads to display"

Follow some assurances that your password, id, form post data, ecc. 
won't be sent to the mothership.

If you also check the active TCP processes you can see that Netcaptor 
always has an open connection to its site.

So I would file this behaviour as 'spyware'. Or at least a big annoyance.

Franco




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