buru5,
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buru5,
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[47] It was easy to accidentally install internet-browser toolbars in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, especially so for Internet Explorer. 2003 was around the time real stopgaps and security measures were rolling out to prevent installing this type of CPU-eating spyware, and as such, you still found PCs infested with this stuff well into 2005 and, in extreme cases, now.

buru5,
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Some of the classic spyware bars were: MyWebSearch, MySearch, 2020 Search, PowerStrip, Browser Accelerator, DogPile, GoodSearch, Altavista, NetCraft, EarthLinkSearch, NeoPetsSearch, MapStan.net, Teoma, Access One, AimAtSite, ULTRABAR, AskJeevesOfficialBar, Addresses.com, BadAssBuddySearch, and SpiderPilot.

jake4480,
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@buru5 of these, BadAssBuddySearch is my favorite. It's so fucking dorky I love it

synlogic,
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@jake4480 @buru5 I am uncomfortable with the AssBuddy portion of its name. dont want that in my download history

jake4480,
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@synlogic @buru5 😂 okay HOW did I not notice that 😂 I am off my GAME today

synlogic,
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@jake4480 @buru5 its like when in the 90s some entrepreneur wanted to build a website kinda like Craigslist but for building/home contractors. so they secured the domain name ExpertsExchange. they didnt appreciate fact that DNS is case insensitive and lots of kinky people out there with web queries they might want to keep private who would enter "expert sex change" and end up at their site

jake4480,
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@synlogic @buru5 🤣 love that one

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