A question about Ares and spyware

[RPerry]

I think theres a little miscommunication here.... Ares lite will not have the spyware, where the full version would....

[Formula1]

yeah, i installed the lite version instead, hopefully hijact this removed nav helper successfully...

[Rip The Jacker]

I think theres a little miscommunication here.... Ares lite will not have the spyware, where the full version would....

They should really put that in their FAQ to avoid confusing the paranoid.

[Vargas]

I think theres a little miscommunication here.... Ares lite will not have the spyware, where the full version would....

the lite version doesn't have a built in web browser or media player and you can't HOST a chat room with the lite version either.
they both come with navhelper

[RPerry]

perhaps it should be called ares almost light then

[Ariel_001]

I don`t see navhelper or any spyware in the lite version

[Vargas]

ok well mark your calendar, for once i was wrong. :p
lite is clean, odd thing the lite version i just installed from the website installed regular ares without navhelper

[RPerry]

Q.Does Ares have spyware?

Ares is 100% free but comes bundled with optional NavHelper software by NavExcel NavHelper is a browser object which allows to enter search keywords directly in the address bar of Internet Explorer. If you don't want to install it, just opt-out while you install Ares. If you have installed the browser object but you don't want it anymore, just go to control panel->add/remove programs, remove NavHelper and restart your computer.

note it says Ares, and not Ares lite....
there, that should solve the problem and confusion. Lite version is free from navhelper

[Rip The Jacker]

Well that clears things up.

[Vargas]

just a little update to prove i wasn't loosing my mind

in 2004:
the lite version didn't have a built in web browser or media player and you couldn't HOST a chat room with the lite version.
but they both came with navhelper


in 2005: the lite version is regular ares without navhelper