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Q: Software Identity ( Answered,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Software Identity
Category: Computers
Asked by: railroadman-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 01 Nov 2003 16:57 PST
Expires: 01 Dec 2003 16:57 PST
Question ID: 271759
What is Buffalo Software's Surf Snoop?  Is it adware or spyware?
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Subject: Re: Software Identity
Answered By: serenata-ga on 01 Nov 2003 17:18 PST
 
Hi Railroadman ~

Surf Snoop by Buffalo Software is spyware. Here's what it says:

     "Do you know where your children have been today? With 
      Surf Snoop, you can. A unique web site logger that 
      works with either Internet Explorer or Netscape, Surf 
      Snoop allows parents to view [where their children 
      have been].
   - http://www.buffalosoftware.net/ssnoop.htm

and

     "... Surf Snoop ... [is] the only monitoring software you
      can’t afford to be without!"
   - http://www.buffalosoftware.net/ssnoop.htm

The difference with this spyware is that it logs on the computer the
activities, instead of sending it to another computer. It's still
spying, no matter what it does with the information it gathers.

Adware just installs ads on your computer, often cancelling other
functions to show you the ads.

Google search strategy
   - Surf Snoop

Hope this helps,

Serenata
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