PC Pitstop Continues Anti-Spyware Campaign

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 3, 2003 @02:41AM from the bully-for-the-them dept.

Jason Spaceman points to this Globe and Mail story which begins "'Fresh from settling a libel lawsuit by pulling anti-Gator pages from its site, PC Pitstop this week plans to launch a new, expanded site critical of the controversial software.'" They're not giving up; according to this story, although Claria (nee Gator) is attempting to use such libel suits to stop critics from describing their spyware software (still called Gator) as "spyware," "To replace the material it removed in September, PC Pitstop on Thursday plans to launch its Gator Information Center -- which in many respects appears no less critical than its predecessor."

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Optimal solution by pla · 2003-12-03 04:05 · Score: 2, Funny

Gator/Claria doesn't like us calling it spyware?

Fine. Let's start calling all spyware "Gator-ware" (or "Claria-ware", to reflect their name change, which seems unneeded and even counterproductive considering what a great product they seem to think they have).

We can all play their stupid little word games, to our amusement and their detriment.

Perhaps we can even come up with an entire themed system of sypware nomenclature... "Gatorware" sneaks in to eat you, but if you look closely enough, you can see it install itself. "Crocware" boldly anounces itself and makes you think you need it. "Clariaware" breaks any programs that try to call a spade a spade (such as some of the adaware removing spyware progs out there). Hmm...