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Spyware Critics Respond to iDownload/iSearch

Posted by timothy on from the pesky-vikings dept.

Paul Laudanski writes "Slashdot ran an article earlier on 'iDownload Tries to Silence Spyware Critics'. Since then, the spyware critics have responded to iDownload: CastleCops, NetRN, and Sunbelt Software. InternetWeek and BroadbandReports have picked up this story as well. Brian Livingston interviewed iDownload's CEO Arlo Gilbert, who claims the letters were a success: "The majority of sites we've contacted have taken down or properly classified iSearch" and "When asked to name some of the sites that had complied, Gilbert answered, "I'm not going to share that information. It would be shooting a gift horse in the mouth."" General overview by Kye-U and Zhen-Xjell."

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  1. Bullys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What a bunch of donkey raping shit-eaters (iDownload that is)

  2. Well what do you expect these scumbags to do by jimmy+page · · Score: 0, Troll

    I mean seriously.. Do you really expect them to create software to stop them?
    Wouldn't you, if you were a dirtball, do the same thing?

  3. hmm, please explain the new info by hurfy · · Score: -1, Troll

    I am NOT gonna say the 'D' word....but

    2 of the links are highlighted as having been there
    One link i checked as 'picking up the story' seems to have...errr...picked up the story 2 days BEFORE the slashdot article referenced.

    Between this 'familiar' stories and half the debate degenerating into THIEF vs It's NOT stealing getting dull around here.

  4. Re:Shooting a what??! by mvdw · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, Metaphor Mixes YOU!!

    Only old people mix metaphors. In Korea.

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of mixed metaphors!!

    I always mix my metaphors with hot grits.

    Does the mixed metaphor run Linux?

    What the hell, this is what happens when I get modded "Off Topic".