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News from Lavasoft-Forum. Does anybody know what that means?
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The Sparrow

Hi all,

First and foremost, Lavasoft does not have collaborations with any company that has or will have content detected by Ad-Aware. WhenU was indeed removed from our database by research in the last definition file. This was due to WhenU not scoring more than 2 TAC points at the time. In case it turns out that the removal was incorrect, WhenU will naturally be reintroduced to the database.

Thanks Chris Fry
www.lavasoft.de

Here's what I find on TAC:
»www.lavasoft.de/ms/tac.shtml

Guess we'd need to test this with a different bundle than the BearShare one...

Couple of questions: first, anybody got a quick pointer to something else that bundles WhenU besides BearShare?

And second, if this "TAC score" is based on how WhenU is bundled with BearShare, does Ad-Aware detect and indicate this in the software?

(Actually, I guess we'd have to find out from Lavasoft if their change is based on the BearShare installer or some other change in WhenU.)

Thanks,

Philip Sloss

Lavasoft's TAC (Threat Assessment Chart):

»www.lavasoftnews.com/ms/ ··· in.shtml

Why should we believe THAT statement, when trust is already out the window?That statement ALONE pretty much says it all...Well, according to Straitshoot's "H&IISP" Test (Hoenesty & Integrity in Spyware programs...), Lavasoft failed miserably, and Adaware will be swiftly and FOREVER removed from my home system today...
Bye Lavasoft!

After reading this thread and Lavasoft's response, I have uninstalled Ad-Aware from my home systems and will instruct my clients to do the same...there is simply no other viable option.