Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 30, 2006
More badware accusations levelled at web giant.
StopBadware.org, the international anti-malware coalition backed by Google and Sun among others, has labelled AOL's current free offering as badware, citing a number of suspect actions performed by the software, both during installation and once it is in use.
The numerous accusations include installing more software than it appears to, changing other software (such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which has a toolbar added among other tweaks), and updating automatically, all without sufficient disclosure to the end user.
The report comes not long after AOL's free anti-virus offering, based on Kaspersky technology, was criticised for using aggressive language in its EULA and including a suspect toolbar. AOL has already made some changes in response to the allegations, and promises more improvements in a forthcoming version of the software.
Read StopBadware's report here.
Posted on 30 August 2006 by Virus Bulletin
