Date: 08/29/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: software, google

Privacy watchdog - StopBadware.org is an academic project supported by Sun and Google among others that aims to establish a neighbourhood watch-style scheme to put pressure on purveyors of unsavoury programs. It has classified AOL’s software as potentially damaging badware. AOL’s inclusion of bundled software apps and lack of transparency over additional installed components earned it [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/aol-90-labelled-as-badware/