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ClickZ: Gator Attack? The Best Defense Is to Join the Anti-Microsoft Offense
Editorial asserting that Gator is a legal content filter that should be exploited as an advertising vehicle. Also asserts that Microsoft's browser monopoly is the true threat that should be fought by publishers.
http://www.clickz.com/media/buy_101/print.php/876451
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BizReport: Gator Chomps First, Sues Internet Advertising Bureau
Article on Gator's lawsuit seeking a gag order on IAB representatives, and a ruling that their software is legal.
http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?id=1990&width=800
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Forbes.com: Gator's Legal Feud Means Big Publicity
Asserts that Gator's legal battle over its "guerilla warfare" marketing tactics is bringing it free publicity and advertising for its program.
http://www.forbes.com/2001/08/29/0829gator.html
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San Francisco Chronicle: Screen grab / Web designers complain new ad programs hijack their sites
Article about the controversial Gator Companion Pop-Up Banner. Focuses on allegations that it is particularly harmful to smaller Web sites.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/08/30/BU156207.DTL
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InternetNews: IAB Lawyers to Recommend Action Against Gator.com
Internet Advertising Bureau representative calls ad replacing technology "a dirty trick...more likely, it is stealing...just foul play." IAB may file complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_869591,00.html
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CNN: What's fair in online love and ads?
Explains how Gator's software works, the controversy surrounding it, and how to remove it.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/05/stealth.ads.idg/index.html
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ClickZ: The Scum of the Web
General article about "scumware" programs hiding in more popular, often free, programs. Mentions Gator's system.
http://www.clickz.com/media/media_buy/article.php/934701
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USA Today: Spyware watches where you surf
Discusses "freeloading programs" that install spyware components on a user's computer. Gator is among the programs examined.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/11/stealthware.htm
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ThiefWare.com: Gator Data Sheet
Discusses Gator auto-install attempts via ActiveX or other techniques when a web site is visited.
http://www.thiefware.com/info/data.gator.shtml
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Slashdot: A New Low for Web Advertisers: Pop-Up Downloads
Report on Gator's pop-up downloads, followed by reader discussion of this and other tactics used by Gator.
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/08/1424246.shtml
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