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Doctor Feelgood
Arrrrghh!
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 Posted: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:06:50 Post Subject: Adware cannibals feast on each other |
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| Quote: | Companies that use free software downloads to target Web surfers with annoying ads are turning on each other to keep customers--and the cash they generate--for themselves.
The tactic is in the spotlight in a little-noticed legal dispute unfolding in Seattle. Caribbean-based ad company Avenue Media last month accused New York-based DirectRevenue of using competing software to detect and delete Avenue Media's Internet Optimizer program from its customers' computers.
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Although its still pretty scary that this is going on inside your pc, this is a pretty funny twist in the adware game... |
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Little Bruin
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BeerCheeze
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 I guess their is no longer the "honor amongst thieves" rule. |
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T-shirt
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Location: Snohomish, WA USA
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| Posted: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:17:13 Post Subject: |
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There never was any honor involved here, just the pickings were easy and open.
Now that they're closer to market saturation, and people are becoming more " Ad aware", and legal enforcement is becoming a factor, they see a limited pool of victims.
And being greedy bastards, the gang war mentality starts.
Hope it turns in to a shooting war  |
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