Spyware Distributor Demands Websites Stop Calling Them Spyware

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A company called iDownload distributes what many in the industry call spyware, an invasive, "evil" toolbar plug-in for browsers that usurps control from the user. The product in question is called the iSearch Toolbar. ABC News particluarly despised the insideous "utility". However in an amusing twist, the company has been sending cease and desist-type letters from iDownload's law firm calling into question the legality of their products being labelled spyware.



 

 

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