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Symantec sued for labeling product 'adware'
August 2, 2004
Small software maker says security giant has crushed business by mislabeling its anti-spyware product.
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Symantec files suit to label adware
June 8, 2005
Lawsuit seeks right to detect Hotbar's toolbar programs as adware--a new move in the tug of war between security providers and marketers.
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This week in security
February 18, 2005
Bill Gates acknowledges IE has become security risk, as he announces browser update will ship separately from next major version of Windows.
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Spyware spat makes small print a big issue
November 10, 2005
Surveillance software maker uses product download agreement to bar download by anti-spyware companies, raising legal questions.
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Microsoft offers businesses a security test drive
November 14, 2006
Forefront Client Security will go up against established security products from companies such as Cisco Systems, Symantec and McAfee.
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Adware ploy dupes IMers with bin Laden 'news'
February 12, 2004
A Trojan horse program uses bogus news of the al-Qaida leader's capture to get AOL Instant Messeger users to open a program that installs adware called BuddyLinks on the victim's PC.
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