Just curious -- has anyone got both the Alexa Toolbar and the Google Toolbar running concurrently on Internet Explorer? I.e., they don't interfere with one another? Mr. "Don't Mess With The PC Configuration Unless You Have To"
I do - haven't had any problems yet. I did turn off the ad-blocker on the Alexa toolbar and just have it running on the Google toolbar.
On my machine, both Spybot and AdAware delete Alexa as a Spyware application. I wonder if they will see this new toolbar the same way? Chris
When I first read about Alexa it was considered a Level 1 (lowest level) "spyware" because it sends information back to Alexa like the Google Toolbar does. I used to not use it but now feel safe enough after the research that I've done that it's not a Spyware program Here is a good explanation: http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=418 Official Description: Alexa web search -- a new kind of search engine. With traffic rankings, user reviews and other information about sites, Alexa is a web site discovery tool. Features an Amazon shopping button on the product and anonymously aggregates surfing information. Provides clear EULA as well as opt-out instructions. Alexa web search combines the powerful Google search engine with Alexa's comprehensive site information and puts it all inside an Amazon.com interface. Comment: Used to transmit a indentifiying ID but no longer does this. To make things clear people who have difficulty understanding this: At this time, we do NOT consider this program to be a form of "spyware".
Spybot will pick it up and "fix it" automatically but you can easily change the settings so that it will ignore Alexa.
