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Gator 'spyware' Investigated By Harvard
Talkback Going after gator is fine, but there are litterally THOUSANDS of other smaller companies doing this, on a much more destructive scale, Gator should be dealth with, but these other companies need to be shutdown!
[April 20, 2004, 0:54]
Gator Exec Speaks Out On Ads
News As "Chief ExecuGator" of controversial software company Gator, Jeff McFadden is biting back at critics of his baby. The three-year-old company filed a lawsuit last week against the Interactive Advertising Bureau, contending that the chief trade...
[September 5, 2001, 10:21]
Gator 'spyware' Investigated By Harvard
News A Harvard University researcher has completed an investigation of the Gator advertising utility, offering a glimpse into the workings of one of the Web's most controversial pop-up networks. Gator is a utility, sometimes derided as "spyware", that...
[May 22, 2003, 11:34]
Gator 'spyware' Investigated By Harvard
Talkback I was very impressed with your article on "gator" Spyware, I just spent the day removing it from my system. I decided to look online to see what "Gator" was when I came across your article. I personaly feel that "Gator is an invasion of my privacy!
[June 15, 2004, 4:39]
Gator News Ticker
Downloads Interested in Gator sports? Want to know what is happening at the University of Florida? Have news and sports articles delivered directly to your desktop with this Google Gadget. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
[September 11, 2007, 13:09]
Gator Bites Back In Ad Battle
News Gator, based in Redwood City, California, filed a lawsuit late on Monday in California federal court against the IAB to "protect the right to utilise Gator's newest advertising vehicle, the Companion Pop-up Banner.
[August 29, 2001, 9:50]
Gator Looks For New Image With Name Change
News Gator, the controversial advertising software and e-wallet company, has changed its name to better reflect its business in behavioural marketing. The name change to Claria, however, is already reflected on Gator’s Web site.
[October 30, 2003, 8:25]
Anti-spyware Software Targets Gator
News The 4-year-old company said the technology is specially constructed to fight software from Gator -- a widely deployed plug-in used to target ads -- by deleting the plug-in automatically anytime it's detected.
[September 10, 2003, 10:10]
The StorageTek 9176 Disk Subsystem Helps Gator.com Grow And Thrive
White Papers As customers use software products from Gator.com, various log file information is sent back to the company that is stored in database format for data mining purposes. With a growth rate approaching 25 percent per month, which put pressure on both...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Web Publishers Settle With Gator
News A group of top newspaper publishers has reached a legal settlement with Gator over the uninvited display of its Web advertisements atop their site pages. Mid-last year, a US federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered Gator to temporarily stop...
[February 10, 2003, 10:05]
Beware Of Gator Bug
News Gator, a popular application that fills in Web site passwords and forms, contains a security flaw that puts users' computer files at risk, security experts said. According to a security warning issued this week from Eyeonsecurity.com, the ActiveX...
[February 25, 2002, 10:38]
Publishers Sue Gator Over Pop-ups
News A group of publishers this week sued the Gator online advertising network in a bid to bar the company from serving pop-up ads on their Web sites without their permission. Indeed, on information and belief, Gator tells prospective advertisers that...
[June 28, 2002, 9:53]
Critics Snapping At Gator's Heels
News An influential advertising trade group is publicly criticising software company Gator for tampering with the already troubled online ad market. Robin Webster, chief executive of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), said the group's board of...
[August 28, 2001, 14:15]
Screensaver Gator Angelina Jolie Screensaver
Downloads Watch the most beautiful woman on the planet on your desktop with this free Angelina Jolie Screensaver. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
[December 5, 2007, 8:25]
Search Engines Get 'Gatored'
News The Gator online advertising network is testing a new paid search product that lets rivals poach on each other's territory in one of the Net's hottest new marketing venues. Search Scout, launched in December, triggers a pop-under window when Gator...
[January 15, 2003, 7:42]
The Great Banner Ad Cover-up
News Already contending with a weak advertising market, Web publishers have another concern: Gator. Because Gator can monitor a person's surfing habits across the Web, the technology can learn a person's tastes and deliver related advertising on any...
[August 17, 2001, 12:43]
Who’s Watching The Watchers?
News They thought what Gator was doing was absolutely destructive to the availability of free content on the Web. A: I took a call from the plaintiffs in the Washington Post case against Gator. That often results in red faces and, occasionally, lawsuit...
[May 6, 2005, 13:10]
You Know When You've Been Gatored
News In Gator's case, the company has seen the number of downloads reach into the millions, in part due to partnerships with file-sharing software and other popular downloads that allow companies to piggyback software.
[August 7, 2001, 14:47]
Web Surfers Brace For Pop-up Downloads
News One well-known practitioner is Gator, a company that makes a helper application that manages passwords and user IDs. While many people find the software to be useful, Gator also has built in some more questionable features.
[April 8, 2002, 12:28]
Napster Clones Spy On P2P Users
News Created by a company called Gator, the "Offer Companion" is slowly downloaded to a person's computer after Audio Galaxy is installed and eventually starts sending information such as e-mail addresses and Web surfing habits back to Gator.com.
[May 15, 2001, 7:45]
