Proactiv = Spyware?

[Sil]

OMG, Why did DAP do this?

When I rebooted my PC earlier, something weird happened. I had my earphones on, when my desktop started up, I started hearing some audio playing in the background. But WMP wasn't open. It was that Proavtiv paid advertisement I was hearing (the one with Vanessa Williams) and I had no idea where it was coming from. For a sec, I thought I had a worm, or spyware, maybe a virus. I'm this close to running Ad-Aware and Norton. So I check the startup programs, maybe it's coming from there. Turns out, the audio was coming from a Flash ad in Download Accelerator (I have the demo). And DAP is one of my startup programs, so it starts in the systray. Wow.

Is this going a little too far? Anyone else get this and freak out? Or am I the only one? :unch:

 

[RealBlackStuff]

YOU have gone too far, by downloading that crap adware program!
Uninstall and replace it with the free, much better Stardownloader from www.stardownloader.com
No spyware, no adware, no expense!

 

[Sil]

LOL DAP? Adware? Nahhh :angel:

Edit: k, I'll try that prog.

 

[poertner_1274]

YOU have gone too far, by downloading that crap adware program!
Uninstall and replace it with the free, much better Stardownloader from www.stardownloader.com
No spyware, no adware, no expense!

Concur, star downloader is much better.