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Re: iDownload/iSearch responds to Spyware Critics
From: bkfsec <bkfsec () sdf lonestar org>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:58:57 -0500
Paul Laudanski wrote:
What's truly interesting is that the legal counsel for iDownload/iSearch indicates that there is a "lively debate" going on on the internet about whether or not their program is spyware or not.Slashdot ran two stories earlier on how iDownload/iSearch sent letters to anti-spyware companies/websites telling them to [ http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/23/1830243&from=rss ] stop listing their brand as spyware or malware. The spyware critics [ http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/02/0229222&from=rss ]responded back indicating they do not agree with iDownload's assertions. iDownload has now responded back to the spyware critics. Two sites todate received replies, read [ http://castlecops.com/article-5793-nested-0-0.html ] CastleCops and [ http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/idownloads-response-to-sunbelt.html ] Sunbelt Software for details. Other sources picked up this story including [ http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=615884 ] The Independent, [ http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/60608 ] Broadbandreports, [ http://castlecops.com/article5772.html ] Robin, and ZDNet Blog [ http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/index.php?p=28 ] Spyware Confidential.
Maybe I'm not looking in the same places, but I have never seen any debate regarding the classification of these programs, at least not a lively one. As for my own experience, I've witnessed iSearch/iDownload packages being installed on systems during adware/spyware infestations. Only one conclusion can be gained from that: You guys are on the right side of this argument and these people need to be opposed.
Their assertions are laughable. -Barry
Current thread:
- iDownload/iSearch responds to Spyware Critics Paul Laudanski (Mar 10)
- Re: iDownload/iSearch responds to Spyware Critics bkfsec (Mar 12)