First Worm with a EULA? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday October 25, 2002 @06:03AM from the first-born-child-at-risk dept.

ErikRed1488 writes "There is a new virtual postcard from Friend Greetings, owned by Permissioned Media that prompts you to install their software to view the card. You are then presented with a EULA granting them permission to e-mail all the Contacts in your Outlook Address Book. Those people are presented with an e-mail from you telling them they have a greeting card to pick up. So, this thing spreads like a worm, but includes a EULA that 95% of users won't take the time to read. Symantec isn't detecting this as a virus, but does have information about it on their site. In addition to the worm-like way it spreads, it also installs spyware designed to deliver ads to your computer. You also give them permission to install further software any time they want. In my opinion this is completely nasty, but it's all clearly in the EULA that you must agree to before it installs the software."

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good lord by dAzED1 · 2002-10-25 06:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

so I was like, looking for a song this morning. Was curious what it sounded like.

MAN do the gnutella clients out there suck lately. They all want your soul. I lived without the song :)

This is quite interesting, though. It gave me a nice chuckle.
Re:For perspective... by queequeg1 · 2002-10-25 08:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

No. You simply have the right to not agree to it. However, courts often apply a slightly higher level of scrutiny when presented with such contracts (aka contracts of adhesion) and it may be easier to get a court to find that a certain provision is unconscionable.