Bill Pytlovany Winpatrol has written an article “Who is behind StopBadware.Org?”
He was asked by a company called IAC Interactive to review WinPatrol’s PLUS descriptions of programs associated with their MyWebSearch toolbar.
Snips from the article which you can find in its entirety here
The biggest surprise was when I checked out the management at IAC InterActive Corp.
If the Berkman Center sounds familiar it’s because they led the initiative behind StopBadware.org.
Last month StopBadware.org declared one of IAC’s programs called Zinky to be Badware ( Click here.) Now they say “Zwinky is not badware, although it does engage in behaviors that users should be aware of”. ( Click here for more info ) You decide for yourself if this is a conflict of interest.
- Adds toolbar to numerous programs
- Bundled software automatically runs on startup
- Redirects invalid web addresses
During the Zwinky installation there is a small pre-checked box that says “Never see search error pages again - make MyWebSearch your default search provider!” The previous installation page describes MyWebSearch as providing “relevant search results in response to incorrectly formatted browser address requests.”
Beware of the “small pre-checked box” 
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