FlashGet is not spyware

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Philidor

I paid for it.

It has a trial period with ads, but the ads are removed
when the program is purchased.

The program counts it as a spyware threat, listing all
related files. I now have it set for Always Ignore, but I
think it shouldn't be listed.
I've also sent a note to FlashGet.
 
I think this issue may have been raised already. Found it
in a text rather than title search after posting. Sorry.
The post that includes it, dated February 1st, seems to
include a massive quote from an FAQ somewhere.
Could you tell me where I can check for previously
recorded issues?
 
This has been discussed, I don't know if it is in the FAQ--see my sig for
the location of the FAQ.
 
Thanks.
Suggestion: Among the options here should be a "Known
issues" line so that the same thing doesn't keep getting
discussed.
The FAQ is a good service, but updating is a problem, and
so is knowing about it and finding it before posting.
 
In various iterations of Microsoft's HTML interface to these groups (of
which we are using the oldest and (least capable/worst) there's been
discussion of having a link to a FAQ location visible.

It hasn't happened, and for a project like this, something less formal and
more arms length is probably more useful.
Contrast the current FAQ with the known issues which you can find via the
download site.

There's room for discussion of some items in the FAQ, but there are a number
of crystal clear items--taskbar location, winsock LSP fix needed, Cookies
not scanned, for example--that have not (to date) maded it into the formal
Known Issues list, but are universal to our experience with this beta.

I don't think this disparity is due to Microsoft wishing to hide things from
the users, more the difficulty of getting accurate descriptions worded and
edited and passed by legal, etc. I suspect there is a higher bar for
information published for the public than there might be for a technical
beta with a closed group under NDA.
 
Okay, I know this has been discussed here and there, and
it made to a variety of FAQs, but I can't see any bottom
line to all that. So... is there any malware in FlashGet
(jetcar)? If so, what is it?

I ran into some write-ups saying something about Cydoor &
FlashGet. How does it work, does FlashGet somehow install
Cydoor? What exactly is Cydoor, and why doesn't NAV
detect it (Symantec claims that NAV should; moreover, the
the details about this Cydoor thing that I could find on
the Symantec site speak of 'signs' that are not present
on my computer although I have FlashGet 1.65; btw, why
doesn't MSAS detect something more specific than
flashget.exe?).

Could anyone help me with this issue? I really like
FlashGet and I wouldn't want to get rid of it on account
of a 'false positive'.
 
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