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Eudora's current version, 5.1, gives you the choice to download a fully
featured version for free if you allow an ad banner to exist on the lower
left corner of its application window. This is the version I have. I just
performed an Ad-aware scan, and Aureate is present in my Eudora
folder. However, it may not be present in purchased Eudora versions.
At 01:19 PM 11/30/2001, Samuel K. Tennis wrote:
>I DO NOT mean to beat a dead horse, BUT according to Eudora, they
>absolutely do NOT use the spyware software. I suggest that either 1) the
>previous poster misdiagnosed two separate problems or possibly 2) they
>[QualComm] at one time did but do no longer do include the applet. I
>direct you to the last paragraph of the text below.
>
>Ones choice [in software] is a matter of personal preference, I just do
>not want anyone making the decision based on bad information. Personally,
>I have used Eudora for many years, but I do STRONGLY suggest upgrading to
>the professional version before making any judgements - DO NOT try to use
>the Lite version and judge the paid version from that test!
>
>Sam
>
>
>Spyware scanner detects Aureate software in Eudora
>Document ID: 2220HQ
>Problem:
>I ran a spyware scanner program and it claims that something called
>Aureate is installed on my system.
>
>Solution:
>Most of these kinds of spyware scanners flag Eudora as containing the
>Aureate software based only on the name of Eudora's ad folder -- AdCache.
>It is only a coincidence that Aureate and Eudora use the same folder name
>for its advertisement cache. Here is an excerpt from the log from one of
>these scanners:
>
>
>Started registry scan.
>======================
>
>Suspicious keys found : 0
>
>Started folder scan.
>==================
>Aureate folder:C:\WINNT\Profiles\whultman\Application
>Data\Qualcomm\Eudora\EudPriv\Ads\AdCache
>
>Suspicious folders found : 1
>
>Started file examination.
>=========================
>
>Suspicious files found : 0
>
>Scan complete.
>Total spyware references found on this system:1
>
>
>Please note that this particular scanner did not find any of the registry
>keys associated with Aureate, nor did it find Aureate loaded into memory
>(Eudora was running in Sponsored mode during this scan). It is basing its
>findings solely on the presence of a folder called AdCache. Eudora does
>not use any of the popular ad-serving engines currently available. We use
>a proprietary ad-server that we developed ourselves in order to ensure
>that we had complete control over our user's privacy. Please go to
>http://www.eudora.com/privacy/ to view our privacy statement.
>
>Incidentally, if one of these scanners actually does find Aureate on your
>system, it is highly likely that some other software loaded it. It is
>absolutely not a part of Eudora.
>
>DATE MODIFIED: 5/18/01
>
>KEYWORDS: ALLCARDS, EPWIN, ADWARE, SPYWARE, CYDOOR, SPY, PRIVACY, TRACK
>
>
>Yours truly,
> Samuel
>
>Remember - eMail is for the benefit of the sender.
>
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