If you’ve followed this blog, you’ve seen the cease and desist letters we get and the replies we give.
Sometimes, though, adware developers are quite polite and we actually have a productive dialog.
And sometimes, we get submissions like this one, which came in today:
<Warning: Potentially offensive language>
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A developer has submitted information about their product which may be flagged as spyware.
Company: EB
Company website: www.effectivebrand.com
Contact name: i don’t say assholes
Contact email: somebodysomeware@yahoo.com
Product name affected: fack off
Product versions affected: i sad fack off
Product is detected as: IEMenuExtension
Software can be downloaded here:
www.effectivebrand.com
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Brief description of software:
LISTEN ASSHOLES! EB IS NOT SPYWARE!!!!!!!!!!! FACK SUNBELT!
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Reason for submission:
I SAD IT’S NOT SPYWARE!
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Submitted: 20051001071545
Code: DEV_SPYWARE
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Oh dear.
Alex Eckelberry