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Anti-Spyware Vendor Partners with Spyware Company?

Posted by michael on from the safe-spyware-bwah-hah-hah dept.

Tuxedo Jack writes "eWeek reports that the anti-spyware vendor Aluria Software has partnered with WhenU of 'WhenUSave' and 'SaveNow' infamy. They've removed WhenU from their spyware/malware definition lists, certified their applications as safe, and they deny that money was involved. As a result, SpywareInfo and many other anti-spyware sites are delisting Aluria's 'Spyware Eliminator' from their lists of preferred software. Is this a dangerous trend for anti-spyware? Or are we just witnessing a natural evolution? I sure hope it's neither - I like my Windows boxes junkware-free, thanks (oxymoron noted)."

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  1. Oxymoron Noted?!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I like to keep my Windows boxes junkware free...

    Wait a minute! Oxymoron noted?! Damn, there goes my frist-prost +5 funny...

  2. If you think this is bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Symantec's upcoming "Sobig aint so bad" campaign promises to really ruffle feathers. I smell a payoff.

  3. "(oxymoron noted)" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gee, thanks for pointing that out, for a second there I thought Slashdot was promoting a Micro$oft product (you see, I substituted a dollar sign the "S", I'm FUNNY!)

  4. Help! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My computer has been hijacked by spys! I am located at... [NO CARRIER]

  5. Re:Lavasoft too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What would users do when slashdot users modded down windows and internet explorer?

    "Help, this program just removed my OS!"

  6. Re:Not that it relieves my nausea.. by over_exposed · · Score: 1, Funny

    Regardless, I'll be busy vomiting from my over-exposure to advertising in general.

    I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was having that effect on you and advertising in general.

    --
    "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his." - Patton
  7. Re:Dangerous Trend by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    NO!
    NO!

    BAD POSTER! BAD!

    That is *not* approved groupthink expression! Your userid has been logged!

    One company IS a trend! Believe it! Now!

  8. FBI/RIAA/MPAA by serutan · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, the FBI announced that it will partner with the RIAA and MPAA in a pioneering move to trim the federal budget through privatization. The newly repurposed agency will be called the FBIP, Federal Bureau of Intellectual Property, and its primary mission will be to enforce entertainment copyrights, trademarks and patents. Former RIAA chief Hilary Rosen, slated to head the FBIP, said protection Intellectual Property is the key to the safety of American consumers. "Terrorists don't want artists to be compensated for their work," said Rosen. "They hate our freedoms. Plus their music really sucks."