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Ad/Spyware Vendors Threaten....Everyone
Small stationery company is the latest
It isn't just security websites and anti-spyware developers being threatened by the Ad/spyware industry: Stationery/Wallpaper website CloudEight notes they're facing legal threats from Hotbar, Inc. for referring to their software as spyware (see their rant and compiled info on Hotbar's "stellar" reputation). Hotbar threatened to sue Lavasoft (makers of Adaware) for $6 million in damages for detecting their application (Lavasoft then pulled Hotbar from their definitions).
Source : http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/61443
Maybe this is old news, but I hadn't heard it. This is the reason behind adware removing certain programs from their def file. I'd imagine