Watchdog Group Releases Software Report
An AP newswire article by Dan Goodin, via The Washington Post, reports that:
A corporate-backed watchdog group that monitors software for deceptive and abusive practices on Wednesday named a widely used file-sharing program and three other applications as violators of its guidelines.More here.
Kazaa, which its producer Sharman Networks claims is the most popular program for sharing files over the Internet, "misleadingly advertises itself as spyware-free, does not completely remove all components during the uninstall process, interferes with computer use, and makes undisclosed modifications to other software," according to a report from the group StopBadware.org.
posted by Fergie @ 3/22/2006 06:20:00 AM
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