Re: WallWatcher - Spyware?

From: Miles Fromier (fire_at_will.invalid)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:05:47 -0400

"Dan Tseng - WallWatcher author" <newsgroups@wallwatcher.com> wrote in message
news:bfb8d66c.0409281335.396e50e7@posting.google.com...

> Since I'm retired and derive no income from WallWatcher, these False
> Positive incidents have mostly been amusing to me. But, if I was
> still earning my living by selling software, these "incidents" would
> have been upsetting, to say the least, and likely very costly. Unlike
> a bad review in a printed magazine, which a few people may see once
> and then forget, everything on the Web remains available for years,
> and can cause continuing damage long after the truth comes out.

The more "adware", "spyware", "hijackers", "trojans", "potentially unwanted programs" and "jokes" that these programs attempt to
detect, the more
likely innocent programs will get a bad reputation as you have observed. If people would immediately fault the detecting
program for such false positive detections then maybe they wouldn't deign to be so all encompassing.