Cricket <wschmidt@nospam.hvc.rr.com> wrote:

> I just bought Spyware Nuker.

Bad luck.

> I thought I heard some rumblings somewhere that it was spyware itself.

It's not - or at least, no-one has caught it attempting spyware-like
behaviour - but it *is* made by a company that makes, controls
and distributes spyware. (See InContext/AdGoblin, BlueHavenMedia,
historical links to Lions' Pride/Rankyou, etc.)

Additionally, Patrick Kolla has claimed to have found telltales from his
original spyware target database in Spyware Nuker's. I haven't
verified this personally, but if it's the word of the author of one
of the most widely-trusted free security applications against that
of a company whose business model is installing spyware, I know
who I'm going to give most credence to.

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Andrew Clover
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