Google's Anti-Spyware Project

peterfa writes "Sun and Google have teamed up and started a project called Stop Badware. This project aims to expose all the spyware and adware bundled in software and the companies that are responsible. While it's funded by Sun and Google, the research will be done by Oxford and Harvard."

Harvord!

[Anonymous Coward]

While it's funded by Sun and Google, the research will be done by Oxford and Harvord."

Hay, I got my Computor Sciense degrie from Harvord Web Univercity! I'm an aluminumni! I lerned abowt it frum adware witch was monitering my /. typiing skils and sugestid I enrol rite away (don't bothur enterring you're credit card, we alreddy know it, jist hit buton and you start on yor way too hire educatoin!!!1) (My sistor is going to Oxfurd!)

I try anty spywear softwear but, itt keeps flasshing lotsa things on teh screen with WQRNINGs and stuff, so I geussed it didn'tinstall rite so I uninstaled them all. Ihop this works betters!

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What about Stanford?

[Tackhead]

> While it's funded by Sun and Google, the research will be done by Oxford and Harvard.

Stanford and Berkeley snubbed by alumni, film at 11!

[witty topic]

[Avillia]

[assorted remarks regarding detection of Stop Badware by Microsoft AntiSpyware/Onecare and vice versa, and their views towards Claria/360/assorted other 'Badware' providers and packagers who are really legitimate buisnesses with legitimate buisness models who are given a bad name by their devilish affiliates who are still mysteriously taking paychecks from aforementioned companies]

NewSpeak?

[revery]

Project UngoodWare aims to give you a double plus good bellyfeel about your computer. The people of Harvard and Oxford will have a goodthink and make an effort to stop the many installcrimes done by the unpersons who make ungoodware.

Project Ungoodware: brought you you by the Minisry of Love.

Re:Harvord!

[NotWorkSafe]

I'm a clod, you insensitive clod!

What is this Linux thing?

[Naruki]

And will it run on Windows XP?

Re:Harvord!

[aichpvee]

I'm insensitive, you insensitive clod.