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Daily Archives: October 23, 2002

iWon.com Removes Spyware Software

Iwon.com has responded swiftly to a 10/22/2002 report by TechTV.com documenting iWon’s use of a malicious spyware program users were encouraged to downloaded as part of a promotional effort to win money. Not only was the use of this software in violation of iWon’s own stated privacy policy, it has proved to be almost impossible to remove from user’s hard drives. TechTV reported today that iWon has installed a new version of the software in question that will not report user data.