[IP] AOL Active Virus Scan EULA permits Adware
Begin forwarded message:
From: Paul Laudanski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 21, 2006 7:10:00 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: AOL Active Virus Scan EULA permits Adware
I was recently contacted by an America Online (AOL) vice president,
Ted Hopper, about our BHO listing of "AOL Security Toolbar" which was
described as having adware functionality. That phone call set into
motion what ultimately is presented here.
AOL recently launched a new service/product called Active Virus
Shield (Security Toolbar) which received some controversial press
[1]. It comes with the free Kaspersky AV technology. By all reports
the application itself could not be found to serve adware (testing
done by external parties). But that is not what this article is
about. It is the end user license agreement (EULA) which has raised
some eyebrows. We find it treading adware territory, and here is why
as we show via the interesting portions from the EULA...
EULA dissected:
http://www.castlecops.com/a6636-
AOL_Active_Virus_Shield_Permits_Adware.html
Paul Laudanski, Microsoft MVP Windows-Security
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