AOL 9.0 slated for suspect tactics
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.
30 August 2006
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