FYI: The Register | Top security firm: Phorm is adware.

[Chris Salter]

Hello Ukcrypto,

FYI: The Register | Top security firm: Phorm is adware.
Published Wednesday 12th March 2008 15:38 GMT.

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In a fresh blow to its hopes of winning consumer acceptance, a top
three anti-malware firm has said it will very likely include Phorm's
targeting cookies in its adware warning database.

Trend Micro told The Register: "The nature of Phorm's monitoring of
all user web activity is certainly of some concern, and there is a
very high chance that Trend Micro would add detection for the tracking
cookies as adware in order to protect customers.

"Obviously, as with other adware/spyware Trend Micro would need to
constantly monitor things like... how aware users are that they are
being tracked and whether the user has the ability to completely opt
out of the service."

If Trend adds detection for Phorm then millions of home computers
running a scan using its protection software would get a warning that
their ISPs have dropped either a Phorm opt-in or an opt-out cookie
onto their systems.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/12/phorm_av_vendors/

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