Gamespy Arcade

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  1. Mik3h

    Mik3h Regular member

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    Heylo.

    Is gamespy arcade safe? During installation I received numerous warnings on my AV and Anti-Spyware apps.

    -Mike
     
    Mik3h, Nov 30, 2005
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    Lethal_B Moderator Staff Member

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    Well mike,

    I have had gamespy installed ever since I got Halo, which was about May of this year. And thus far have had no problems with/relating to it. Spybot has picked nothing up from it. I'd say it is pretty safe to use. The actual client is fine, just depends who is connected to the server and if they are hackers etc.
     
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  3. Mik3h

    Mik3h Regular member

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    Ah right. It never actually works for me.. after registering a new account.. it never signs in :S I've tried time and time again but.. nothing. Lol.

    -Mike
     
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    Lethal_B Moderator Staff Member

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    Anything to do with firewall/your many warnings?
     
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    Hmm, could be. Will have to check that one out, thanks lol! :)

    -Mike
     
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    The free 2.x versions of GameSpy Arcade don't install spyware, but they do install adware as part of the product. Thus Norton, McAfee and TrendMicro AV and anti-spyware apps all identify GameSpy Arcade as spyware. I had to disable TrendMicro's PC-Cillin to get it to install and I currently ignore the warnings that occasionally popup.

    If you subscribe to GameSpy Arcade you get a non-ad version and shouldn't have this problem.

    Details can be found here:
    http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/grayware/ve_graywareDetails.asp?GNAME=ADW_GAMESPY.A
     
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    Ok, thanks for that, Il check it out.

    -Mike
     
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    All versions of Gamespy Arcade have Adware ..
     
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    All versions of Gamespy Arcade have Adware ..
     
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    Lethal_B Moderator Staff Member

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    If you run a proggy like Ad-Aware, you don't get the adware...

    If you are dumb enough not to take any precaution, in any situation, you are asking for trouble
     
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    I Voulunteer for Gamespy , Trust me .. Run Norton Anti Virus Scan it will find Gamespy is Adware . " More info " Gamespy Adware keeps a record of sites visited (If the site you visited is on there list of sponsers etc.. edit) , Newegg.com for example and spams ads related if your not a Subscriber
     
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