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[Next up: Spyware monitor v2.0 detects attempted deletion, retaliates by erasing ad-supported multimedia player's ability to display ads. --Declan] --- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:19:56 -0400 To: declan@well.com From: Brian McWilliams <brian@pc-radio.com> Subject: Anti-Spyware Program Targeted By Multimedia Player Hi Declan: Making good on a threat in its click-wrap agreement, the installation program for an ad-supported multimedia program called RadLight will delete Ad-Aware, a popular anti-spyware program, from the user's computer: http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176075.html The relevant RadLight license info: "This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the invalid use of this software. You are not allowed to use any third party program (e.g Ad-aware) to uninstall application bundled with RadLight. Such programs will be removed. If you want to uninstall them, you may do so via Add/Remove in Windows' Control Panel." Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign this pro-therapeutic cloning petition: http://www.franklinsociety.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------