Google

Normally I don’t bother to go through all the spams received on this blog before deletion, however today one Spam caught my eye: “download free removal spybot spyware | http://removalspyware.info |” because I have seen it advertised a lot via Google Ads.

http://www.removalspyware.info/content/Detecting_Spyware_on_your_computer.php

Which lists: spywareremoversreviewed.com and Spyware Remover 2006: Free Scan! 5 Star AntiSpyware - Recommended SpywareBot.com

Spyware Warrior Blog 2004:
http://netrn.net/spywareblog/archives/2004/09/12/beware-of-spyware-removal-software-sites/

There seems to be an ever-growing list of websites offereing reviews of spyware removal products. A Google search for “spyware removal” brings up a number of paid ads for such sites.

This site: http://www.spywareremoversreview.com has this disclaimer at the bottom of the page which says:

This site provides the comparisons as a service to the Internet community. We do not endorse any of the companies, products, or services mentioned. Each product or service is the trademark of their respective company. All information is provided as opinions only.

Zoom to 2007 and sounding familiar….

spywareremoversreviewed.com

This site provides the comparisons as a service to the Internet community. We do not
endorse any of the companies, products, or services mentioned. Each product or service
is the trademark of their respective company. All information is provided as opinions only.
Copyright © 2007 SpywareRemoversReviewed.com. All rights reserved.

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#notes

CompareSpywareRemovers.com
CompareSpywareRemoval.com
SpywareRemoverComparisons.com
SpywareRemoversReview.com pushes rogue/suspect products

I have seen Google ads pushing Rogues on more than one security site/blog, which is disappointing.

For instance, ads for spywarebot, which is on the Rogue List for exploiting the name of Spybot-Search & Destroy.

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#notes

SpywareBot spywarebot.com exploits name “Spybot Search & Destroy” exploits name “Spybot Search & Destroy”; same app as AdwareAlert [A: 5-14-06 / U: 1-9-07]

As Bill Pytlovany blogged at “Bits from Bill”:

AntiSpyware Advertising Gets Nasty

I’m pretty confident, both Spywarebot ads are from the same company who have a couple dozen AntiSpyware products available under different names and domains. Neither are related to the popular “Spybot, Search and Destroy” program.

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Google Desktop

In order to share your indexed files between your computers, we securely transmit this content to Google Desktop servers located at Google. This is necessary, for example, if one of your computers is turned off or otherwise offline when new or updated items are indexed on another of your machines. We store this data temporarily on Google Desktop servers and automatically delete older files, and your data is never accessible by anyone doing a Google search. You can learn more by reading the Google Desktop privacy policy.

February 9, 2006
Google Privacy Policy
Enabling Advanced Features also allows Google Desktop to collect a limited amount of non-personal information from your computer and send it to Google.

If you choose to enable Search Across Computers, Google will securely transmit copies of your indexed files to Google Desktop servers, in order to provide the feature.

Google unveils Desktop Search 3.0, Privacy Blow-up 2.0
arstechnica.com
2/9/2006 10:58:07 AM
Ken “Caesar” Fisher

Google has taken the wraps off yet another update to the Google Desktop Search. At the fresh release age of three, Google Desktop Search (GDS) improves on the old while proudly pimping the new. But with today’s release, Google is crossing into some new, interesting, and potentially controversial territory.