Steal Ware

[PhilT]

"We all heard about spyware, well now Kazaa, Morpheus and LimeWire are sneaking a new type of nastiness onto your computer, software that - without you even knowing it - redirects commissions for online purchases you make from other vendors you make back to them. For example, if you buy a CD from an affiliate of Amazon.com, say some charity, the software fools Amazon into crediting the commission to Morpheus, not the charity!"

[Stealware (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/084209&mode=thread&tid=98)

Is there no depth that these parasites will not sink to?
Phil.

[ashep612]

Okay, that can't be legal... btw the link doesn't work

[iq214]

Yeah I read about this a few weeks ago, its far out, and Philt, man theres NO LIMIT to the depths people will lower themselves to for money..shit I can tell you of places where you can get a blowjob for a cheeseburger, but you might wanna wear a kevlar condom..lol

[Smegma]

there was a news story posted here earlier about this b.s., it's enough to make me un-install kazaa, limewire et. al. yes times are tough all over, but stealing from the coffers of charities or other legit businesses goes way beyond the file sharing ethic. it's just wrong, all wrong.

[PhilT]

I have edited the link now, sorry.
Phil.

[guido123]

Can AdAware remove this steal ware like it does to spyware?

And is this removed from KaZaA lite?

What wil these leechers think of next to make money: if there willing to steal other peoples commission than i dont want to know it!!!!!

[PhilT]

Adaware can't remove the stealware, the only way to remove it is to re-format the hard drive, damn sneaky aren't they?

I don't know if it is included with KazzaLite.
Phil.

[dr. damn]

Now that's just sick.