licenses from MPEG LA for DVD , MP3 , WMV and a few other codec s. Nagware The Linpus system contains ... specific shareware users classify this as nagware , because it asks you to register on Acer s website ... more details
PersonalAntiSpy Free is a rogue software rogue anti spyware program developed by Innovative Marketing that poses as a legitimate antivirus program . ref http sunbeltblog.blogspot.com 2008 09 new rogue personalantispy free.html ref It attempts to persuade users to buy the software by displaying ads and other nagware . ref http research.sunbelt software.com threatdisplay.aspx?threatid 416208 ref Method of Infection Variants In a typical infection, the user may encounter a pop up that states that their computer is infected and that an online anti malware scan should be completed. Regardless of which button on the pop up is pressed, the user will be brought to a page that poses as an anti malware scanner. When the scanner has finished, it will state that the computer is infected, and that PersonalAntiSpy should be downloaded and installed in order to protect the computer. ref http www.bleepingcomputer.com malware removal remove personalantispy ref Symptoms of infection Once the rogue software is installed it may present a user with a series of fake alert notifications, prompting the user to purchase the software. PersonalAntiSpy Free also hijacks the user s desktop and typically displays exaggerated or false claims of spyware found to frighten the user into paying for the program. Removal As of October 2008, PersonalAntiSpy is a new rogue application, and as such is not detected by any common anti malware scanners. Programs that remove this application include CA Antispyware, VIPRE Antivirus Antispyware, and Malwarebytes AntiMalware. The following files are related to AntivirusGold InstHelp.exe, pas.exe, PersonalAntiSpySetup.exe, personalantispy ifree.exe, UserAgent.dll, and unins000.exe. See also Rogue software References reflist Category Rogue software software stub ... more details
distinguish2 AVG software the legitimate AVG line of antivirus programs AntiVirus Gold is rogue software developed by ICommerce Solutions S.A. that poses as a legitimate antivirus program ref name ca.com http www.ca.com us securityadvisor pest pest.aspx?id 453094194 ref . It attempts to persuade users to buy the software by displaying ads and other nagware . It is believed that the name of the program is an attempt at Social engineering security social engineering to confuse people about the legitimate program AVG Anti Virus . AntiVirus Gold may be downloaded as bundle with other software or by some trojans. ref http www.bleepingcomputer.com forums topic22397.html ref Antivirus Gold has also been rebranded under many names such as Antivirus Golden and Antispyware Gold. ref http www.spywarewarrior.com rogue anti spyware.htm ref Symptoms of infection In a typical infection, the desktop wallpaper is modified and an advertisement is displayed urging the user to buy Antivirus Gold. Upon clicking on the message, a web browser is opened to point to www.AntiVirus Gold.com ref name ca.com . Users have also reported that they are being directed to the site after clicking on the infected desktop. The program attempts to reinstall itself after a reboot if removed by uninstalling or system restore. ref http www.symantec.com security response writeup.jsp?docid 2006 032415 1558 99&tabid 2 ref Removal AntiVirus Gold is detected in common anti virus programs, including CA Antispyware, the Peter Norton Computing Norton family of security products, and AVG Anti Virus. Antimalware programs, such as Malwarebytes AntiMalware, are also very effective in detecting and removing rogue software such as AntiVirus Gold. See also SpySheriff Rogue security software References reflist External links DEFAULTSORT Antivirus Gold Category Rogue software malware stub es Antivirus Gold ... more details
Infobox software name MediaCoder logo File MediaCoder Logo.png 64px screenshot File mediacoder.png 300px caption MediaCoder default GUI author Stanley Huang developer Broad Intelligence Technologies programming language C and XML Citation needed date May 2011 platform IA 32 and x86 64 latest release version 2011 R6 5211 latest release date start date and age 2011 December 03 df yes latest preview version latest preview date operating system Microsoft Windows genre Transcoding license Adware and nagware ref name softpedia website URL www.mediacoderhq.com MediaCoder is a Proprietary software proprietary transcoding program for Microsoft Windows . It has been developed by Stanley Huang since 2005. MediaCoder uses various open source audio and video codec s, among several proprietary codecs and tools to transcode different audio video formats and has many extra features. Common uses for the program include Data compression compression , file type conversion and extraction of audio from video files. Many formats are supported, including MP3 , Vorbis , Advanced Audio Coding AAC , Windows Media Audio WMA , RealAudio , WAV , H.264 MPEG 4 AVC , MPEG 4 Part 2 , MPEG 2 , Audio Video Interleave AVI , Video CD and DVD Video . MediaCoder is free of charge and is supported by bundling OpenCandy software recommendation service in its installer. There are text ads in the software GUI, and by default a web page containing ads is loaded on every startup. This behavior qualifies the program as adware . There is also a pop up screen that loads after each file once a quota of file conversions has been met. This pop up self closes in a batch convert after various timeframes sometimes as long as an hour, but it seems to vary and requests a 20 donation in exchange for ceasing that function. This qualifies this as nagware. Prior to 2008, MediaCoder was a free and open source software application and was available on SourceForge . ref Cite web url http sourceforge.net projects mediacoder titl ... more details
This is a list of software implementing the Digital Audio Access Protocol . class wikitable sortable Name Client Server Supports 7.0 ref name Protocol There are two distinct implementations of the protocol. One is supported by iTunes versions prior to 7.0 and other by 7.0 and above. Clients supporting the older version are unable to connect to iTunes 7.0 and above. see Digital Audio Access Protocol for details . ref Platform Licence Amarok audio Amarok yes yes no Unix like GNU General Public License GNU GPL aTunes yes no no Cross platform Java programming language Java Banshee music player Banshee yes yes ref name viaplugin Supported via a plug in computing plug in . ref no Unix like MIT licence MIT daapd no yes no Unix like http code.google.com p daap client DAAP Client yes no no Android operating system Android GNU General Public License Version 3 GNU GPL Version 3 Exaile yes ref name viaplugin Supported via a plug in computing plug in . ref no no Unix like GNU GPL http sourceforge.net projects fireflyclient Firefly Client yes no no Cross platform Java GNU GPL Firefly Media Server no yes no Cross platform Unix like, Microsoft Windows Windows , Mac OS X GNU GPL http www.freenas.org FreeNAS no yes no Unix FreeBSD Get It Together software Get It Together yes yes no Cross platform Java iTunes yes yes yes ref iTunes versions 7.0 and above only. ref Cross platform Mac OS X Windows 2000 , Windows XP XP proprietary software Proprietary free of charge LimeWire no yes no Cross platform Java Nagware , and GNU GPL OurTunes yes no yes ref name vsn Requires version 1.7. ref Cross platform Java Open source Rhythmbox yes ref name viaplugin Supported via a plug in computing plug in . ref yes ref name viaplugin Supported via a plug in computing plug in . ref no Unix like GNU GPL Roku SoundBridge ref name hardware This is a hardware device with an embedded software embedded client. ref yes no yes ref http www.rokulabs.com support sb dwnld update.php ref Hardware device, dedicated Ha ... more details
used the Musicmatch Update software to add a nagware screen to the existing Musicmatch install. This screen ... Jukebox last Collins first Roger work Iomusic Software accessdate 2008 12 26 ref On installs with this nagware ... more details
, the program is advertised that itself never expires, can be used without time restriction. But a nagware ... can be removed by registering the program for 9.99 or 24.99. Some download websites consider it as a nagware ... more details
lowercase title iCab Advert date October 2008 Refimprove date August 2008 Infobox software name iCab logo Image ICab icon.png 64px screenshot Image Icab.png 220px caption iCab 4.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.11 developer Alexander Clauss released initial release February 17, 1999 frequently updated yes Release version update? Don t edit this page, just click on the version number operating system Mac OS X active , br Mac OS 7.5 9.2.2 discontinued language English, German, French, Danish, Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Chinese and Japanese genre Web browser license Proprietary software proprietary website http www.icab.de iCab is a web browser for the Macintosh by Alexander Clauss, derived from Crystal Atari Corporation Atari Browser CAB for Atari TOS compatible computers. It is the most recently actively developed browser for Motorola 68000 family 68k based Macintoshes that features tabbed browsing Citation needed date August 2008 and one of a very few browsers that was still updated in the recent past for the History of Mac OS classic Mac OS at all only Classilla is more recent. The downloadable product is fully functional, but is nagware periodically displaying a dialog box asking the user to register the product, and upgrade to the Pro version. Versions iCab 2.x While no longer maintained, iCab 2.9.9 is still available for download and registration. It supported both Motorola 68000 family 68k and PowerPC Macintosh systems running System 7 System 7.5 through Mac OS 9.2.2. iCab 3.x As of January 2008, iCab 3 is still maintained. This version can run on PowerPC systems running Mac OS 8 Mac OS 8.5 through Mac OS 9.2.2, or PowerPC or X86 architecture Intel systems running Mac OS X 10.1 or later. iCab 4.x iCab 4 was rewritten to use the Cocoa API Cocoa API and the WebKit rendering engine. It can run on PowerPC or Intel systems running Mac OS 10.3.9 or later. History iCab s original Layout engine rendering engine was often criticized for not supporting Cascading Style Sheets CSS ... more details
Infobox software name ZoneAlarm logo screenshot File ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2012.png 300px caption ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2012 developer Check Point CheckPoint Software Technologies LTD. released Start date and age 2000 February 16 df yes 2.0.26 latest release version 10.1.079.000 latest release date start date and age 2011 12 22 operating system Microsoft Windows platform language genre Personal Firewall, Free & Pro license ZoneAlarm Free Nagware br Other editions Shareware website url http www.zonealarm.com ZoneAlarm is a personal firewall software application originally developed by Zone Labs , which was acquired in March 2004 by Check Point . ref Cite web url http www.checkpoint.com press 2004 zlaquisition032904.html title Check Point acquires Zone Labs date 2004 03 29 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5zpeGiwv7 archivedate 2011 06 30 ref It includes an inbound intrusion detection system, as well as the ability to control which programs can create outbound connections. As of 2011 alt As of June 2011 , the newest release is ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2012. ZoneAlarm was formerly known as Zone Labs. ref cite web url http www.zonealarm.com store content company aboutUs pressroom graphicResources.jsp?dc 34std&ctry &lang en title Graphic Resources ZoneAlarm by Check Point publisher Zonealarm.com date accessdate 2010 09 22 ref Features In ZoneAlarm, program access is controlled by way of zones , into which all Computer networking network connections are divided. The trusted zone generally includes the user s local area network and can share resources such as files and printers, while the Internet zone includes everything not in the trusted zone. The user can specify which permissions trusted zone client, trusted zone server, Internet zone client, Internet zone server to give to a program before it attempts to access the Internet e.g. before running it for the first time or, alternatively, ZoneAlarm will ask the user to give the program permission on its firs ... more details
Please keep the list alphabetized File sharing is a method of distributing electronically stored information such as computer program s and digital media . Below is a list of file sharing applications. CompactTOC8 name no center yes top yes seealso yes In each table, link one instance of terms, in body and notes, remove other WP REPEATLINK s . class wikitable sortable style font size smaller text align center width auto Name computer networking Network ref name number According to the article Forbes , http www.forbes.com 2005 06 24 cx de fileshareslide.html?this Top File Sharing Networks , on 22 June 2005 eDonkey network eDonkey had 4,856,554 users FastTrack had 2,548,774 users gnutella had 1,530,299 users BitTorrent protocol BitTorrent 10 million in March, 2006 according to the Business Week article http www.businessweek.com technology content may2006 tc20060508 693082.htm BitTorrent Goes Hollywood ref Anonymous P2P Link system compatibility Price computing platform Platform License Programming language Spyware adware free Last release year Extra information Span id a span rh Acquisition software Acquisition gnutella , BitTorrent protocol BitTorrent no yes magnet URI scheme magnet Nagware or US 17.99 OS X free GNU General Public License GPL Objective C , Java programming language Java yes Latest stable software release Acquisition Alternative to LimeWire for Mac users uses Cocoa API Cocoa GUI rh aMule eDonkey network eDonkey , Kad network Kad no yes ed2k URI scheme eD2k Free Linux , OS X, Microsoft Windows Windows free GPL C yes 2011 rh ANts P2P ANts yes yes ed2k Free Linux, OS X, Windows free GPL Java yes 2010 Proxies other users IP addresses making it hard to determine who is downloading rh Ares Galaxy Ares, BitTorrent no yes arlnk Free Windows free GPL Object Pascal Delphi yes Latest stable software release Ares Galaxy rh2 Span id b span BearShare br pre v6.0 gnutella no yes ed2k, magnet Free or US 3.29 monthly Windows Proprietary C no 2005 div style float left ... more details
Refimprove date October 2009 Infobox software name Windows Genuine Advantage logo Image WGA Logo.png Image File Genuine.png caption Windows Genuine Advantage Notification in Microsoft Windows Vista developer Microsoft latest release version 1.9.42.0 latest release date release date and age 2009 6 26 latest preview version latest preview date operating system Windows XP , Windows Vista , Windows 7 , Windows Server 2008 R2 platform Windows Update , selected components in Microsoft Download Center genre Software validation license Proprietary Shareware Nagware website http www.microsoft.com genuine www.microsoft.com genuine Windows Genuine Advantage WGA is an anti Copyright infringement piracy system created by Microsoft that enforces online validation of the licensing of several recent Microsoft Windows operating system s when accessing several services, such as Windows Update , and downloading Windows components from the Microsoft Download Center. In Windows 7, WGA is renamed Windows Activation Technology ref http arstechnica.com microsoft news 2009 05 for windows 7 microsoft renames wga to wat.ars WGA dubbed Windows Activation Technology with Windows 7 ref . WGA consists of two components an installable component called WGA Notifications that hooks into Winlogon and validates the Windows license upon each logon and an ActiveX control that checks the validity of the Windows license when downloading certain updates from the Microsoft Download Center or Windows Update . WGA Notifications covers Windows XP , Windows Vista and current versions of Windows 7 . It does not cover other versions of the Windows NT family, such as Windows 2000 , Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, or the Windows 9x family. The ActiveX control however checks Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Professional licenses as well. ref Cite web url http support.microsoft.com kb 905226 title The Windows Genuine Advantage WGA validation check process does not complete when you try to valida ... more details
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