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General => Akihabara => Topic started by: Foxy Brown on May 21, 2007, 08:49:52 PM

Title: Zango sues antispyware vendor PC Tools
Post by: Foxy Brown on May 21, 2007, 08:49:52 PM

Adware maker Zango has sued PC Tools, makers of the popular Spyware Doctor software, in a dispute over the way the antispyware program flags and removes Zango's technology.

Representatives from both Zango and PC Tools confirmed that Zango had filed suit against the antispyware vendor. However they declined to provide details on the lawsuit except to say that it involved a dispute over the way Spyware Doctor rated Zango's software.  (http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/18/zango-sues-antispyware-vendor_1.html)

Title: Re: Zango sues antispyware vendor PC Tools
Post by: ew0923 on May 21, 2007, 08:55:50 PM

The people at Zango is a much of morons, making adware and spyware is annoying enough, but trying to sue the people that make antispyware? I hope they lose the lawsuit and goes bankcrupt somehow.

Title: Re: Zango sues antispyware vendor PC Tools
Post by: nop on May 22, 2007, 07:42:58 AM

Hope Zango lose big time. Let make this a test case.

Title: Re: Zango sues antispyware vendor PC Tools
Post by: frblckstr1 on May 22, 2007, 10:09:45 AM

Quote from: ew0923 on May 21, 2007, 08:55:50 PM

The people at Zango is a much of morons

I don't think so, they make a lot of money (from morons)

Title: Re: Zango sues antispyware vendor PC Tools
Post by: Asmodai on May 22, 2007, 05:38:31 PM

This is going to come up increasingly. Malware makers (of programs like dialers) are already talking about suing Norton about being flagged as viruses. Likewise Gatorsoft tends to threaten anyone who mentions that their programs are bloated pieces of adware that make your computer vulnerable to all other attacks.

Spammers have also been very effective in suing people who out them for defamation.

I hope Zango gets trounced, but I wouldn't count on it.