Yahoo! Aims at Spyware

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Bill aims to regulate spyware

Bill aims to regulate spyware 03/22/2005 03:51 PM
Spy Block bill targets "surreptitious installation" of software and other "deceptive practices."

Yahoo! Against Spyware

Yahoo! Against Spyware 05/27/2004 06:26 PM
Search Engine Positioning and Web Marketing weblog,CA-10 hours agoA week after the Google 'good software guidelines' Yahoo! replies with more than words: Their new Yahoo! toolbar which will be launched ...

Yahoo Vs Spyware

Yahoo Vs Spyware 05/27/2004 04:41 PM
Yahoo has launched a beta of their Yahoo Toolbar designed to help combat spyware and browser hijackers. In addition they have added a forum to their site for users to discuss spyware in general. This is one of the first major internet portals to recognize and attempt to combat the epedemic of privacy intrusion and advertising software being installed on users computers.

Yahoo Local Aims To Search Your Backyard

Yahoo Local Aims To Search Your Backyard 08/03/2004 07:39 PM
Techzonez Aug 3 2004 11:15PM GMT

Yahoo Spyware App Comes To Firefox

Yahoo Spyware App Comes To Firefox 04/09/2005 05:19 PM
Information Week Apr 9 2005 9:40PM GMT

Retreating From Dial-Up Business,
Microsoft Aims MSN.com at Yahoo

Retreating From Dial-Up Business,
Microsoft Aims MSN.com at Yahoo 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
Microsoft said on Wednesday that it was repositioning money-losing MSN Internet to compete more directly with services from Yahoo and America Online.

Yahoo Offers Anti-Spyware App

Yahoo Offers Anti-Spyware App 08/10/2004 10:12 AM
Source: SearchDay - Tired of those unwelcome pests that invade your computer without permission? Banish intrusive spyware and tracking cookies with Yahoo's newly upgraded toolbar....

Yahoo to offer spyware tool

Yahoo to offer spyware tool 05/27/2004 03:38 PM
AFP via Yahoo! May 27 2004 8:06PM GMT

Yahoo Toolbar Combats Spyware

Yahoo Toolbar Combats Spyware 05/27/2004 03:33 PM
The Internet company launches a beta for its Web browser toolbar that helps users battle unwanted software downloads.

Yahoo to offer spyware tool (AFP)

Yahoo to offer spyware tool (AFP) 05/27/2004 12:12 PM
AFP - Internet giant Yahoo said it was offering free anti-spyware software to customers who download its "toolbar" onto their Web browsers.

Yahoo embraces anti-spyware

Yahoo embraces anti-spyware 05/28/2004 12:20 PM

Yahoo! Toolbar Now With Anti-Spyware

Yahoo! Toolbar Now With Anti-Spyware 05/27/2004 10:42 AM
The previously mentioned secret alpha test was for the just announced upgrade to the Yahoo! Toolbar which now contains anti-spyware code. I have to say, this one of those ideas that was immediately obvious upon hearing it. "Of *course* we should use the Toolbar as a way to help poor Windows users get all that crap off their machines." But at the same time it's amazing how many folks never came up with it on their own, me included. Congrats...

Yahoo Joins Battle Against Spyware
(NewsFactor)

Yahoo Joins Battle Against Spyware
(NewsFactor) 05/27/2004 02:07 PM
NewsFactor - Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) has launched new anti-spyware software, becoming the latest Internet service provider to combat a problem plaguing virtually every computer user with an Internet connection.

Yahoo adding anti-spyware to its toolbar

Yahoo adding anti-spyware to its toolbar 05/28/2004 12:39 PM
Washington Times May 28 2004 4:48PM GMT

Yahoo to release anti-spyware upgrade

Yahoo to release anti-spyware upgrade 05/27/2004 12:16 AM

Yahoo Unveils Spyware Blocker (PC World)

Yahoo Unveils Spyware Blocker (PC World) 05/27/2004 07:50 AM
PC World - Free toolbar will allow users to remove potentially unwanted software.

Yahoo updates spyware toolbar for
Firefox

Yahoo updates spyware toolbar for
Firefox 04/05/2005 07:14 PM
Toolbar to offer Yahoo's Anti-Spy adware and spyware removal software for computers running Windows.

Yahoo Targets More than Spyware in
Toolbar Release

Yahoo Targets More than Spyware in
Toolbar Release 08/04/2004 09:56 PM
eWeek Aug 5 2004 1:57AM GMT

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware to Toolbar

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware to Toolbar 05/28/2004 07:58 AM
Linux Insider May 28 2004 12:36PM GMT

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware to Browser
Toolbar

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware to Browser
Toolbar 05/28/2004 09:39 AM
Yahoo has announced it will add a feature to its Web browser toolbar that allows users to easily remove spyware programs from their computers. Called Anti-Spy, the feature is currently in beta. Yahoo will be collecting feedback from beta users and intends to utilize that information to produce the final version of Anti-Spy. The current beta version is supported by third-party software from PestPatrol and is available for download to a limited audience at beta.toolbar.yahoo.com.

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware To Firefox
Toolbar

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware To Firefox
Toolbar 04/07/2005 05:53 PM
Lockergnome Apr 7 2005 9:17PM GMT

Yahoo offers anti-spyware to fight Web
snoops

Yahoo offers anti-spyware to fight Web
snoops 05/27/2004 06:26 PM
Straits Times,Singapore-1 hour agoYahoo's move on Wednesday comes amid increasing competition for Web surfers against rivals Google and Microsoft, which also offer popular browser toolbars. ...

Yahoo Adds Spyware Detector To Firefox
Toolbar

Yahoo Adds Spyware Detector To Firefox
Toolbar 04/08/2005 10:04 AM
Search Engine Journal Apr 8 2005 12:46PM GMT

Yahoo joins spyware fight with toolbar
upgrade

Yahoo joins spyware fight with toolbar
upgrade 05/27/2004 04:43 AM
ZDNet UK May 27 2004 8:29AM GMT

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware Feature to
Browser Toolbar

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware Feature to
Browser Toolbar 05/27/2004 10:35 AM

Yahoo Search Toolbar Offers Beta
Anti-Spyware Protection

Yahoo Search Toolbar Offers Beta
Anti-Spyware Protection 05/31/2004 06:41 PM
BeSpacific May 31 2004 10:18PM GMT

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware Feature to
Browser Toolbar (Reuters)

Yahoo Adds Anti-Spyware Feature to
Browser Toolbar (Reuters) 05/27/2004 12:07 AM
Reuters - Internet media company Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O) unveiled a feature on Wednesday for its Web browser toolbar aimed at making it easier for users to remove unwanted "spyware" programs that snoop on Web surfing habits and other activities.

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware 08/05/2004 03:50 AM
It appears that Yahoo heard the backlash loud and clear a few months back when they released an anti-spyware tool that just so happened to skip over adware from Yahoo partners. The latest version, built on PestPatrol's technology will now default to notifying users of both "spyware" and what they consider to be "adware" and then give the user the choice of what to do. I haven't tested the product yet, but it sounds like they're moving in the right direction. It still makes you wonder what they were thinking in offering a purposely crippled offering. People know what spyware is, and telling them that spyware isn't spyware doesn't change how people feel about it. It also doesn't make them look kindly back at the company that provided them with the bogus anti-spyware tool in the first place.

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law 04/13/2004 03:42 PM

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware 04/22/2004 02:36 AM
Just a few weeks after saying that they're going to start bundling spyware/adware with their instant messenger product, AOL announces their latest anti-spyware application. While we've been complaining about anti-spyware from ISPs that just points out the spyware, AOL claims that this version will disable (though not delete) the spyware. I wonder if it will catch the spyware that AOL installs themselves.

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners 06/02/2004 10:10 AM
We didn't write about Yahoo's new "anti-spyware" toolbar that they announced last week, because it seemed to receive plenty of hype, and there were no real reviews of how it worked. There are so many so-called anti-spyware applications out there that don't actually stop spyware and adware for fear of upsetting marketing companies or out of worries that actually stopping spyware may make some applications stop working (upsetting the user), that we figured Yahoo's anti-spyware app (hype and all) probably wouldn't be much to bother with. It certainly looks like that may be the case. eWeek is now reporting that Yahoo tries to dance the careful dance of not upsetting certain companies who threate n to sue people who call their application spyware. Of course, the situation is even more complex because Claria (who you probably know as Gator - despite their attempt to change their name to shake that spyware label) is also a partner of Yahoo. So, it's really not surprising that the default setting for Yahoo's anti-spyware app won't actually remove services like Gator or WhenU. Instead, Yahoo's spyware remover claims these programs are "adware" and will only remove them if you click and extra check box each time you run the program. In other words, once again, you can't trust a provider of anti-spyware software, because they're playing both sides of the fence: partnering with providers on the one hand, and then offering weak removal products on the other. If Yahoo were serious about removing spyware from the computers of users they would refuse to partner with companies that used surreptitious tactics to be installed on computers. Instead, they want to look good to users in the front, while letting in spyware/adware from partners through the backdoor.

Yahoo 360 is putting Copyright 2005
Yahoo on Personal Blog Entries

Yahoo 360 is putting Copyright 2005
Yahoo on Personal Blog Entries 03/30/2005 01:16 AM

It was brought to my attention today that Yahoo is copyrighting the RSS feeds for those that are setting up Yahoo 360 accounts. Some are already refusing to use the service because in a sense Yahoo now owns your content.

This may be a oversight on Yahoo's part and I hope it is, I will probaly use their service anyway but probably not the blog portion and give them some time to answer these issues. [Yahoo 360 Copyrights Personal RSS Feeds]

Yahoo/Gmail war: Yahoo dialup users also
get a storage boost

Yahoo/Gmail war: Yahoo dialup users also
get a storage boost 06/16/2004 10:20 AM
Folllowing up on this post about Yahoo webmail users receiving upgraded storage capacity in an apparent attempt by Yahoo to compete with Gmail, Boing Boing reader Brian says, "As a member of SBC Yahoo dial-up service, I received a notice yesterday that my email account now has a 2 Gig storage capacity. Obviously, this is separate from the free web-based email service from Yahoo, but 2 Gigs is bar far the most storage available to date, worldwide."

Yahoo! Unveils Yahoo! Creative Commons
Search Beta

Yahoo! Unveils Yahoo! Creative Commons
Search Beta 03/25/2005 04:00 PM

" Yahoo! News - Yahoo Gets Set to Give
Google Run for Money "

" Yahoo! News - Yahoo Gets Set to Give
Google Run for Money " 01/07/2004 06:08 PM

Yahoo Up's Ante - Offers 2GB of Yahoo
Email

Yahoo Up's Ante - Offers 2GB of Yahoo
Email 06/15/2004 10:00 AM
"On free e-mail accounts, Yahoo is expanding storage to 100 megabytes from 4 megabytes and upping the message size limit to 10 megabytes from 3 megabytes."

Yahoo CEO - Plenty of Room for Yahoo and
Google to Compete

Yahoo CEO - Plenty of Room for Yahoo and
Google to Compete 04/28/2004 12:26 AM
Search Engine Journal Apr 28 2004 4:50AM GMT

New Yahoo! Portal and 100MB Free Yahoo!
Email

New Yahoo! Portal and 100MB Free Yahoo!
Email 06/15/2004 09:56 AM
<%=GetPoll(91)%> Just an FYI. The Yahoo! Portal page is all new. The Yahoo! email section has also seen a cosmetic upgrade along with 100MB email capacity (as opposed to the previous 6MB) and 10MB message size capability. Obviously in response to the new Gmail coming from Google no doubt. Check it out!

Yahoo Ups Ante - Offers 2GB of Yahoo
Email

Yahoo Ups Ante - Offers 2GB of Yahoo
Email 06/16/2004 05:20 AM
"On free e-mail accounts, Yahoo is expanding storage to 100 megabytes from 4 megabytes and upping the message size limit to 10 megabytes from 3 megabytes."
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