bugtraq - iDownload/iSearch responds to Spyware Critics

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0503081900220.25513-100000@bugsbunny.castlecops.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 19:04:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul Laudanski <zx@...tlecops.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>,
	<news@...uriteam.com>
Subject: iDownload/iSearch responds to Spyware Critics

Slashdot ran two stories earlier on how iDownload/iSearch sent letters to
anti-spyware companies/websites telling them to [
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/23/1830243&from=rss ] stop
listing their brand as spyware or malware.  The spyware critics [
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/02/0229222&from=rss ]
responded back indicating they do not agree with iDownload's assertions.  
iDownload has now responded back to the spyware critics.  Two sites to
date received replies, read [
http://castlecops.com/article-5793-nested-0-0.html ] CastleCops and [
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/idownloads-response-to-sunbelt.html
] Sunbelt Software for details.  Other sources picked up this story
including [
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=615884
] The Independent, [ http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/60608 ]
Broadbandreports, [ http://castlecops.com/article5772.html ] Robin, and
ZDNet Blog [ http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/index.php?p=28 ] Spyware
Confidential.

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