LA Times Presses Big Companies on Spyware Ads

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The Big Companies That Advertise Through
Spyware

The Big Companies That Advertise Through
Spyware 06/22/2004 06:02 AM
For all of the complaints about how software products like Gator and WhenU get installed on computers (usually by having the permission hidden in the very very fine print while installing another application), there hasn't been too much attention given to the companies who advertise via such spyware applications and keep them in business. The Wall Street Journal is now pointing out that plenty of large companies seem to have no problem advertising through spyware. What's interesting is that this list includes Verizon, who claims they haven't received a single complaint. Verizon, of course, also supplies DSL, and if the reactions from plenty of other broadband providers is any indication, they must receive a ton of customer support calls from people trying to get such spyware off their computers. So, it's yet another case of companies trying to walk the fine line of telling their customers one thing publicly while supporting the spyware companies out the backdoor.

Tough times for hard-drive companies

Tough times for hard-drive companies 05/28/2004 06:20 PM
Sympatico May 28 2004 11:18PM GMT

Smaller companies expect tougher times
ahead

Smaller companies expect tougher times
ahead 05/30/2004 07:32 AM
Maekyung Internet May 30 2004 11:20AM GMT

Tough times for hard-drive companies,
report says

Tough times for hard-drive companies,
report says 05/27/2004 06:16 PM

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.

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.

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.

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law

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

At least 85 percent of money managed by
Coalition Provisional Authority going to
U.S. companies—not to Iraq
companies, as promised

At least 85 percent of money managed by
Coalition Provisional Authority going to
U.S. companies—not to Iraq
companies, as promised 08/04/2004 05:05 PM
pretty pathetic

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Stop The Presses

Stop The Presses 12/29/2003 11:50 PM
I just got a phone call from KFI in Los Angeles. They want me to take over the Jeff Levy show starting... this weekend! Jeff is moving to another station - I think he's even going to be on at...

US presses Lebanon over election

US presses Lebanon over election 03/24/2005 12:15 PM
The US calls on Lebanon to hold general elections on time in the presence of international monitors.

Microsoft Litigation Presses On

Microsoft Litigation Presses On 04/13/2004 12:53 PM
As the news of the European Union's sanctions against Microsoft, for what the EU considers the company's exploitation of its operating system monopoly, permeates the airwaves and fills column upon column in our national newspapers, news of a lesser-known, but likewise worthy case involving the software giant has gone virtually unreported. Future-Link, a New Jersey-based internet service provider, claims to have been on target to become one of the largest internet providers in 1997 when it was forced to cease its operations as a direct consequence of an alleged contract interference and misappropriation of Future-Link's customer base by what is now Microsoft.

EU presses for laws against spam

EU presses for laws against spam 12/08/2003 01:06 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 8 2003 12:34PM ET

Sharman Presses for Evidence

Sharman Presses for Evidence 05/19/2004 04:43 AM
Sharman Networks, maker of the Kazaa file-trading application, demands in court proceedings that the music industry provide the names and addresses of people who allegedly infringed copyright. The industry rep balks. Patrick Gray reports from Melbourne, Australia.

EU Presses for Laws Against Spam

EU Presses for Laws Against Spam 12/07/2003 02:57 PM
San Jose Mercury News Dec 7 2003 2:04PM ET

EU Presses for Spam Crackdown

EU Presses for Spam Crackdown 05/01/2004 06:36 PM
theWHIR May 1 2004 9:18PM GMT

Freddie Mac's Former CEO Presses Lawsuit
(AP)

Freddie Mac's Former CEO Presses Lawsuit
(AP) 05/19/2004 10:22 PM
AP - Leland Brendsel, ousted as Freddie Mac's chief executive because of widespread accounting problems, is suing the company's federal regulator over $53.7 million in withheld compensation, charging the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight with overstepping its enforcement powers.

Koizumi presses claim to islands

Koizumi presses claim to islands 09/02/2004 02:31 AM
Japan's PM Junichiro Koizumi takes a boat trip to view the Russian-held Kuril islands, which Tokyo lays claim to.

India presses WTO on trade in services

India presses WTO on trade in services 07/19/2004 04:43 PM
India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is pressing World Trade Organization (WTO) members in Geneva to assemble an agreement on a framework for agriculture trade, in order to move on to the liberalization of trade in services.

U.S. Presses U.N. on Role in Iraq for
Politicians

U.S. Presses U.N. on Role in Iraq for
Politicians 05/08/2004 01:14 PM
The U.S. is pressing the U.N. envoy to change his proposal for a transitional government once self-rule is returned.

Bush presses for tax-free Internet

Bush presses for tax-free Internet 04/28/2004 03:07 AM
Taipei Times Online Apr 28 2004 6:38AM GMT

Chirac Presses for Journalists' Release
(AP)

Chirac Presses for Journalists' Release
(AP) 08/29/2004 12:51 PM
AP - President Jacques Chirac vowed Sunday to spare no effort to free two French journalists held hostage in Iraq by militants reportedly demanding that France revoke its law banning Islamic head scarves in schools.

Bush Presses for Turkey's Admission to
EU (AP)

Bush Presses for Turkey's Admission to
EU (AP) 06/27/2004 08:26 AM
AP - President Bush sought on Sunday to bolster America's partnership with vital ally Turkey, a courtship complicated by terrorists' threats to decapitate three Turks unless the country's companies stop aiding U.S. forces in Iraq.

US presses China on North Korea

US presses China on North Korea 04/14/2004 09:18 AM
The US vice president shows China new evidence on Pyongyang's nuclear arms programme, a US official says.

Bush Presses Case Against Gay Marriage
(AP)

Bush Presses Case Against Gay Marriage
(AP) 07/10/2004 10:22 PM
AP - President Bush says legalizing gay marriage would redefine the most fundamental institution of civilization and that a constitutional amendment is needed to protect it.

France presses for Sudan trials

France presses for Sudan trials 03/24/2005 12:16 AM
France calls for alleged war crimes in Sudan to be tried by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses

Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses 04/28/2004 03:58 PM

Software bug almost stops the presses at
Chicago Tribune

Software bug almost stops the presses at
Chicago Tribune 07/19/2004 11:52 PM
SiliconValley.com Jul 20 2004 3:54AM GMT

Rice Presses Japan to End Beef Boycott
(AP)

Rice Presses Japan to End Beef Boycott
(AP) 03/19/2005 02:26 AM
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Japan to end a costly boycott on U.S. beef Saturday, saying "American beef is safe."

Ukrainian PM Presses Challenge of
Election Results

Ukrainian PM Presses Challenge of
Election Results 12/31/2004 02:17 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 31 2004 5:51PM GMT

UN Presses Leaders for More Aid for
Darfur Crisis (Reuters)

UN Presses Leaders for More Aid for
Darfur Crisis (Reuters) 07/28/2004 12:51 PM
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pressed governments on Wednesday for more aid for Sudan's troubled Darfur region as the Security Council weighed threatening the Khartoum government with sanctions over its role in the humanitarian crisis there.

Blair presses £35bn 'cuts' claim

Blair presses £35bn 'cuts' claim 03/19/2005 02:40 AM
Tony Blair steps up his attack on alleged Tory spending cuts despite claims the figures are misleading.

Straw presses Iran on arms sites

Straw presses Iran on arms sites 01/22/2004 03:10 AM
Iran still has not fulfilled all its promises to allow inspections of its nuclear sites, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says.

Bush presses for electronic medical
records

Bush presses for electronic medical
records 04/28/2004 06:57 PM
IT outfits begin salivating

Sony presses "pause" on Clie development

Sony presses "pause" on Clie development 06/01/2004 03:41 PM
Sony has said it will pause its handheld Clie development for all markets outside of Japan while it assesses the prospects for progress in the the PDA arena. The exit will not be a permanent one, however.

Bush Presses for Peace in Northern
Ireland (AP)

Bush Presses for Peace in Northern
Ireland (AP) 03/17/2005 03:30 AM
AP - President Bush says he is encouraging peace in Northern Ireland by inviting five grieving sisters to a St. Patrick's Day reception at the White House while giving a cold shoulder to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.

Israel Presses Gaza Offensive Despite
World Outcry

Israel Presses Gaza Offensive Despite
World Outcry 05/19/2004 08:45 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 20 2004 1:27AM GMT

U.S. Presses Iraqi Cleric Before Friday
Prayers (Reuters)

U.S. Presses Iraqi Cleric Before Friday
Prayers (Reuters) 05/07/2004 02:07 AM
Reuters - U.S. troops tightened their grip on Iraq's holiest Shi'ite city of Najaf on Friday and on the troublesome cleric who has launched a militia army against them.

Pope Presses Bush on Iraq Violence
(washingtonpost.com)

Pope Presses Bush on Iraq Violence
(washingtonpost.com) 06/05/2004 05:51 AM
washingtonpost.com - ROME, June 4 -- Pope John Paul II urged President Bush on Friday to move quickly to end the "grave unrest" in Iraq and called for a repair of transatlantic relations frayed by the U.S.-led war and occupation.
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