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said by SpannerITWks:Why would Anyone want ANY adware etc on their comps in the first place ! Surely they would want to get rid of it all @ the first available oppourtunity, Not choose to keep it ? Hard as it may be to believe, there are some folks who either want or are willing to put up with some of the *milder,* more *inncouous* forms of adware (I can't imagine anyone actually wanting EliteBar/SearchMiracle or Aurora, unless they were some wierd techno-masochist).
Want some heavy reading? Try this out:
Stopping Spyware at the Gate: A User Study of Privacy, Notice and Spyware
»www.sims.berkeley.edu/~jensg/res···tudy.pdf
That ethnographic study examines the way users actually make download and installation decisions, and their decision-making processes are more involved than you might think.
The study is not without its problems -- see here for my response:
Muddy Data, Vague Notice, & the Swamp of User Consent
»www.spywarewarrior.com/elh/muddy_data.htm
The point here is that there are *some* programs that users themselves are actually divided over -- we've seen examples right here in this thread. The challenge for anti-spyware vendors is to figure out how to accommodate the competing demands and expectations of these users.
Best,
Eric L. Howes
--
Microsoft MVP
Sunbelt Software Consultant
Spyware Warrior |
