[PCWorld]

Post your comments for Top Sites for Bargain Hunters here

[Yert]

Hopefully I can find a good deal in my quest for a new PC. There is a tech section or two, and I've been looking.

Or maybe I'll win the Dream PC contest.

Either one is a good one I suppose.
Thanks PC World??

P.S. I really need a new computer. Maybe I'll start a blog begging random people for cash. Maybe I'll win some contest (hint). Maybe I'll sell out the Apple. I know! Spin the Wheel of Computing!

Goes off to spin Wheel...

[virap]

Another good one in my opinion, our own new bargains' project is SaleGrab (http://www.salegrab.com). About 70.000 bargains everyday from hundreds of major retailers.

[MrShorter]

Http://www.foojii.com lists the best deal/bargain sites on the web and posts their total number of daily deals!

[gjperry]

Are there any sites which track deals on financial services such as rebates for opening a savings or brokerage account?

[fishervb]

Another great site is www.ecost.com. Great bargains if you pay attention to what else is available. Most are rebates, but well worth the wait. (I recently purchased a name-brand 19" widescreen LCD for $129 and got $50 back a few weeks later.)

[mlibrescu]

The Dealio site that was recommended in this article puts adware on your PC, specifically, adware.dealio. My antispyware software is removing it now. Go to: www.pctools.com/mrc/infections/id/Adware.Dealio for more info.

You'd think that a respected computer magazine would do a little research before sending their readers to infected websites.

[yardena]

Dealio does offer a free toolbar, but as far as I can tell it doesn't surreptitiously install adware on your PC. You can use the site and check out the comments without installing the toolbar.

Yardena Arar

[JasonK]

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[mlibrescu]

I think I would know if I had installed Dealio's toolbar and not report is as surreptitiosly installed adware if I had actually installed it.


I didn't install Dealio's toolbar. I have no reason to want to install their toolbar. Spyware Doctor found an adware infection on my PC after I did nothing but visit their site.

[yardena]

OK. But I did visit Dealio several times while researching my story and got no indication of spyware. Since seeing your post, I've also installed Spyware Doctor and AdAware, and nothing from Dealio is turning up on either, for me. I'm not sure what adware you believe the site installed, but I can't find any evidence of it on my PCs. I am sorry your experience was different, but I do research my stories--I don't base them on press kits.

Yardena Arar

[mlibrescu]

If you re-read my first post, you can see a link to information on the adware that Dealio installed on my PC, (as opposed to the adware that I think it installed).

[yardena]

I saw the link. But I don't see what it describes on my PC. Nor did any of the spyware packages I ran. The description of adware.dealio says it puts a search toolbar into browsers, but I don't see any such toolbar available or installed in any of my browsers.

I am going to ask the vendor what they can tell me about adware.dealio, but whatever it is, it doesn't seem to automatically install when I visit Dealio.com--at least not on any of my own three computers. Is is at all possible that you got it elsewhere?

Yardena Arar

[virap]

I think a clear connection is demonstrated here between dealio.com and the adware.

Whether it is included in the toolbar only, why some get it others don't is not important I think. What matters is that there is a clear connection between the adware and the website which is featured in a very reputable magazine.

[virap]

I just visited the website, first time ever, run spyware doctor and sure enough adware.dealio was found in my computer.

[mlevit]

As the head of Marketing for Vendio (Dealio's parent company), I want assure you that we have no adware. The toolbar (which is only installed if the user opts to downloand or take it!) contains an RSS reader that displays links to the latest deals available on Dealio.com in a stock ticker like format in the toolbar. The toolbar also has integrated search making it simple to search Yahoo, eBay, Amazon, and Dealio too. That's it - no adware - just great deals created by the Dealio community of users.

[yardena]

I'm still looking into this. I just don't agree that there is a "clear connection." Anyone can create a file using any name; the folks at Dealio that I've talked to are also investigating and they say this is the first they've heard of it.

I am concerned about the reports by you and by the original poster, not to mention the PC Tools report. But to say that they prove a lack of due diligence on PC World's or my part is unfair. I experienced no problem with the site (and have yet to experience the problem described in the report), so I had no reason to look for an adware report on a company that many other reputable publications have also written about.

I'll post again when I have more information. And no, I'm not just relying on Dealio to research this adware.dealio business.

Yardena Arar

[PCTools]

Visiting the dealio.com drops a browser cookie onto visitors
systems. This browser cookie is being detected by Spyware Doctor as an “Info
& PUA” item. The definition of an
Info & PUA item is:



Information only & Potentially Unwanted Applications
(PUAs) have some characteristics of malware, but possess no known risks to your system. Typical characteristics
could include:
* Displaying low-impact advertisements
* Partially uninstalling
* Applications which have been associated with adware or spyware in the past
Note: Threats of this type will not be blocked by OnGuard (Real Time)
Protection. They will however be detected during a scan where the user will be
given the option to leave them on the system. The user may also select not to
have these threats detected in the scan by changing the general settings.
(Include 'Information Only' low level Threats in scan results). www.pctools.com/mrc/threatlevels/

We realize that there are legitimate applications and files
on a users computer, however under certain circumstances some people may find
them undesirable – which is why we report on them.



I hope this helps to clear up the confusion with dealio.com.



Regards,

Magida Ezzat

Communication Manager

PC Tools Software
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[mlibrescu]

Dear Head of Marketing for Vendio,

I didn't opt to download or consent to download anything from your site. I would know if I did since by the definition of the word, consent implies consent, yet somehow your adware found its way onto my system. There was no toolbar in evidence, just an alert from Spyware Doctor when I ran it after my PC mysteriously rebooted all by itself. If I didn't download your adware, and it didn't install itself onto my system, please explain how it got on my PC.

M

[ronbo1975]

Another GOOD Deals Website is

WWW.DEALS2SAVE.com