Claria Leaves Adware Business

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday March 25, 2006 @05:07AM from the bowing-out dept.

Alex Stern writes "In an attempt to clean up its tarnished name, Claria has hired Deutsche Bank to help them sell off the software tools that were previously supported by their adware. Claria says they are unwilling to sell the software for the GAIN ad network, or the data they have collected from their users. Claria is also holding on to their eWallet software that manages passwords. On July 1, Claria will shutdown the GAIN network and inform their users they can either uninstall their software or pay for it. Claria's new business model is 'a new platform designed to provide consumers with a personalized Internet experience.'"

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So few here get it by SmallFurryCreature · 2006-03-25 06:49 · Score: 0, Troll

They are getting out of the ADWARE business. So read it and understand what that means. It means they are staying in the SPYWARE business.
Guess just showing ads in a program doesn't work anymore. /me looks at the top right corner of his opera browser.

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