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Old 02-07-2008, 17:32   #10886
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

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Originally Posted by davews View Post
This latest offering from AVG has been strongly criticised in many circles. It not only looks at all the links in a Google response page but also downloads those pages and analyses them to see if they look like phish. Exactly like Phorm is doing with its profiling. Many web authors are up in arms about all the increased traffic their sites are getting from this new AVG 'feature'.
I use AVG 8. The issues are primarily around bandwidth usage and site stats but this is another topic entirely and should be discussed elsewhere. Incidentally the link scanner does not appear to work with Firefox.
I think it is unfair to brand AVG with the likes of Phorm .

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Originally Posted by Peter N View Post
Sometimes a small diversion into the sideline can help stop a thread like this from becoming too dry.
I would agree but there have been occasions when the topics of posts have clearly diverted. However your comments are relevant.

@all

People need to remember who has posted here (Baroness Miller for example) and who may be following the debate. I am sure the last thing everyone wants is for the last five months of effort to lose its credibility.

Light relief is one thing but flaming and badgering is another. certain individuals will try to divert the thread but they should be ignored.
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