Another careless spyware accusation
There's yet another careless accusation of shareware being the delivery vehicle for spyware. In this article, a clueless Bob Sullivan of MSNBC states that a current spyware program "slips onto most consumers' machines quietly, bundled with popular, free shareware programs."
It amazes me that someone who claims to be a specialist doesn't know that free downloadable software is called "freeware." Perhaps some of us should tell him about it.
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The problem: Many (or most) shareware programs and sites says: "free download" when they talk about their shareware....
So you can't really accuse this guy the way you do.
Yes, I'm picking on his terminology. My real beef is with his sweeping generalization that shareware apps distribute spyware. The fact is that *most* shareware apps don't.
There is no excuse for the terminology he decided to use. "free shareware" is a clear contridiction and his article only goes to further confuse the public about what is and what is not safe to download.
You would think a writer on msnbc talking about spyware and adware would know the difference between freeware and shareware.
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