Interesting retort from opencandy. http://www.opencandy.com/2011/03/04/the-story-behind-the-opencandy-and-microsoft-adware-debacle/
Per them all their partners are required to provide an EULA that each person has to accept before installing any new software. I do classify this myself as adware since that is precisely what its doing. ..I don't classify it as malware where they don't notify you of installs and such and do a lot of subterfuge as you phrased it. You had to accept the opencandy eula to install it at some point either through a partner affiliation or direct EULA. "There is no such thing as a free lunch" this includes programs.... Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.com P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood? I was scanning my system at home with Microsoft's Standalone System Scanner and it found OpenCandy on my system, which I'd never heard of before. Come to find out it's a piece of software that comes bundled with a lot of freeware apps that offers to install some 3rd party app for you while you're installing the app you originally downloaded. To me, that sounds like adware. What do y'all think? I understand a need by programmers to get paid for their software but to my way of thinking, this subterfuge stinks! -- Thanks, John Aldrich Blueridge Industries IT Manager ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
