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Ads on websearch.about.com promote Gator/Claria

		ARTICLES Scumwatch: Ad on websearch.about.com promotes Gator (Claria corporation) By: Curt This scum alert was brought up in the members lounge in the forums by a loyal Jimworld member Curt who noticed it while surfing on his computer. The following is what he came across: Saw an ad on websearch.about.com and it displayed an ad banner which displays this message: System Tray Update Your computer clock may be wrong. Would you like to keep it accurate? I thought, cool! Would like to keep my computer's clock updated. I clicked on the ad and started reading... As quoted from this page: www.precision-time.com Make sure your computer always has the correct time and date -- FREE! These two applications will help you get organized and remind you of your important appointments. Precision Time (PT) - Synchronizes your computer's clock to the U.S. Atomic clock ensuring you have the correct time. Update your clock with a few clicks, or set PT to synchronize automatically whenever you are online. Click here to learn more about PT. Date Manager (DM) - Displays today's date in the system tray, provides one click access to a calendar, ... (rest omitted) All sounded pretty neat, but as with anything, nothing is truly free and the cost to run these so called neat utilities is truly too much cost... Precision Time and Date Manager are provided free by GAIN Publishing, Inc. Both applications are part of the GAIN Network. This software also occasionally displays pop up ads on your computer screen based on your online behavior.... The price is Gator/Claria GAIN advertising popup software installed, the unethical company of the Internet. www.precision-time.com is a Gator/Claria web property and this is a warning to stay away from those downloads to keep from being infested with GAIN. Registrar Info: query: http://www.directnic.com/whois/?query=precision-time.com Organization: Gain Publishing Corp Gain Publishing Corporation 2000 Bridge Parkway, Suite 100 Redwood, CA 94065, US Phone: 650-232-0300 Fax..: 650-232-0400 Email: [mailto]adming@gainpublishing.com[/mailto] Registrar Name....: Register.com Registrar Whois...: whois.register.com Registrar Homepage: http://www.register.com Domain Name: PRECISION-TIME.COM Created on..............: Fri, Apr 20, 2001 Expires on..............: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 Record last updated on..: Wed, Dec 10, 2003 Administrative Contact: Gain Publishing Corp Gain Publishing Corporation 2000 Bridge Parkway, Suite 100 Redwood, CA 94065, US Phone: 650-232-0300 Fax..: 650-232-0400 Email: [mailto]adming@gainpublishing.com[/mailto] Technical Contact: Register.Com Domain Registrar 575 8th Avenue New York, NY 10018, US Phone: 902-749-2701 Fax..: 902-749-5429 Email: [mailto]domain-registrar@register.com[/mailto] Zone Contact: Register.Com Domain Registrar 575 8th Avenue New York, NY 10018, US Phone: 902-749-2701 Fax..: 902-749-5429 Email: [mailto]domain-registrar@register.com[/mailto] Domain servers in listed order: DNS-CW.GATOR.COM 66.35.229.53 DNS-A.GATOR.COM 64.152.73.53 You can follow the rest of the discussion in the forums, note that you will need to register for a username and password if you don't already have one.