Comments on: Spyware skirmishes: Spy versus antispy

Internet lawyer Venkat Balasubramani says the outcome of a legal tiff could force big changes in the antispyware landscape.

[247mark]

Bad idea

If the court sides with Zango, then wouldn't this open the door for other software companies whose software is removed to bring suit? Wouldn't the end result be a paralyzing effect on antispyware removal software? This suit by Zango should be dismissed in the interest of public computer safety. The end-user could be presented with a list of software to be removed and elect to keep misidentified software. Hopefully the judge knows a little more about computers and networks than Ted Stevens.

[Chuckabutty]

Invasion

Spyware is a blatant invasion of my privacy if it is downloaded onto my computer without my knowledge and permission. And to block a computer owner from accessing or removing it, is the height of arrogance.

I see no difference between this kind of activity and somebody breaking into my home and leaving unwanted junk which I cannot possibly remove.

Zango is like a thief. They take personal property which does not belong to them. Why this kind of thing is still legal is beyond me.

[por3]

The problem with the anti-spy scan industry in the private PC industry is that it has not found the proper model to sell its software on line. Software advertising in whatever format that has demostration malice files tend to take over the host machine. The software demostration becomes the problem and leads to deceptive practices by the publisher's sales agencies. It is for this reason that the anti-spy and allied software maker industries need regulation and oversight. The time is coming where these commerical online sales industries will kill the goose that lays the "golden egg". The software publishers will not enjoy finacial benefit of their products if they insist on entrapping their portential clientele with the planting of malice sample files on host PCs. The private user may leave the current commecial Internet or subscribe to protected private online systems that do not share the "open market" of piracy as exercised by the current generation of online software publishers.