Friday, June 04, 2004

Yahoo Anti-Spy Doesn't Default to Detect Adware

Yahoo Plays Favorites with Some Adware:
"When it comes to blocking intrusive Internet software, Yahoo Inc.'s new Anti-Spy gives adware the benefit of the doubt.

The beta version of the spyware-fighting toolbar add-on, which Yahoo released last week, doesn't default to detect adware—a category of software in which Yahoo's paid search division has a financial stake.

Instead, users who want to identify adware in their systems via Anti-Spy must check a box each time they conduct a scan."

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1606054,00.asp

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