Doctor Feelgood Administrator
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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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