Ethics in the software industry seem to be lost completely when - TopicsExpress



          

Ethics in the software industry seem to be lost completely when even antivirus vendors bundle PUPs with their software… Fact: 7 out of 8 tested free antivirus suites bundle with PUPs We decided to further look into this and do the same test with other free, full antivirus suites, and the results are pretty shocking: All tested free Antivirus programs come with toolbars or PUPs of some sort – except Bitdefender Free. A lot of them have a “rebranded” Ask toolbar that generates considerable pay per install (PPI) revenues while they’re labeled as part of the vendors own security solution. Some disclose they use Ask (for example Avira), others like AVG go as far as adding pops with coupon deals. Antivirus programs are supposed to protect your computer from viruses, yet many of them give you a questionable program during installation, without clear disclosure.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 02:24:32 +0000

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