Anti-Spyware program targeted by multimedia player

The war on add and spyware has reached a new level. Makers of spy and addware now fight back by removing Lavasoft`s Ad-ware program after instaling their software.

Calling the tactic "malware at its worst," Lavasoft said its privacy software is being silently deleted when users install a third-party multimedia player.

Newsbytes has confirmed that installing RadLight version 3.03 deletes Lavasoft's Ad-Aware program, as promised in a warning in the software's 1,100-word license agreement.

Ad-Aware is a free program designed to scan a PC for ad-supported software components or "spyware" and to remove them.

According to the RadLight Web site, RadLight is an application developed to offer fast and high-quality playback of DivX content and other multimedia files.

"Radlight software indeed checks for the default Ad-aware installation path, and then removes all files that are not currently in use, upon its first execution. Until now, such a malicious behavior was commonly known for viruses and Trojans," read the warning.

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Source: Technews