Spyware vs. Spyware
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It’s like Godzilla versus King Kong, or Kramer versus Kramer, or something.
CNet news is reporting that adware and spyware (and bears, oh my!) has started targeting competitor wares by detecting and removing them from computers infected by both.
In fact, in a lawsuit filed last month, Avenue Media is accusing competitor Direct Revenue of detecting and removing Avenue Media’s “Internet Optimizer” program from users’ computers.
Direct Revenue’s program monitors a user’s websurfing, and delivers targeted ads to the users which are relevant to the sites to which the user surfs. For its part, Internet Optimizer is described by FocalCurve.com as: “Internet Optimizer (IO) is referred to in security and anti-virus circles as App/Optimiz-A. When installed, IO hijacks Internet Explorer’s error pages… [Continued...]