Someone Said Your Mother's Ugly

Well, not quite, but they are insulting us as "shareware authors."

Some companies are profiting at the expense of the reputation of shareware. One of them happens to be SRC Technologies. By spreading sweeping generalities as fact, they are hoping to convince people that shareware programs contain spyware in an effort to increase their own sales.

In this release, published on July 18th, SRC Technologies says:

WHAT IS SPYWARE? Spyware is any software that gathers user information through the user's Internet connection without his or her knowledge. Spyware applications can generate from, opening emails, freeware, shareware, downloading games, downloading music and clicking pop-up ads.

And we wonder why some people think the term "shareware" has such negative connotations. Do you think they can name even one shareware application that installs spyware? If you want to find out, you can contact them at http://www.spybouncer.com/contactform.asp.