New spyware deletes anti-spyware software

You think that's your PC sitting quietly there on your desk. In fact, it's a battleground. At first, you had to worry about virus invaders. Now, though, you have to worry about warring applications, too. And not just conflicting DLLs anymore.

Adaware is a very nice little app you can download to clean your system of spyware, applications that monitor what you do on the Web and pester you with pop-ups and strange-colored hyperlinks.

But the spyware purveyors are fighting back. Spyware Weekly reports:

There is a software media player being distributed which searches for and removes Adaware if it is installed. Radlight media player has been tested by several testers and by the Adaware developer himself. Radlight, which bundles with the spyware application "Savenow" and with New.Net software, makes repeated searches for the installation of Adaware and removes it if found.

The EULA that comes with Radlight (quick, when's the last time you read a EULA?) states:

You are not allowed to use any third party program (e.g Ad-aware) to uninstall application bundled with RadLight. Such programs will be removed.

Naturally, Lavasoft, which makes Adaware, vows to fight back.

Simple solution this time: Find some other media player. I hear RealNetworks and Microsoft have some you can download.

Contact Online Executive Editor Adam Gaffin

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