Q&A: Ben Edelman of Harvard on adware & affiliate commission fraud
It has been a while since the topic of adware and conjugated affiliate commission fraud has been brought up on digital marketing blogs. It may appear that the problem is gone. However, this is by no means so.
Android malware or 'aggressive' advertising?
Mobile security companies offer different perspectives on 13 apps in Android Market that seem to overstep mark Two online security companies are arguing over whether as many as 5m Android handsets are infected with malware produced by a publisher via its official app Market – or just part of an "aggressive" advertising network. Symantec said that "multiple publisher IDs on the Android Market ...
Symantec Shouldn't Backpedal on Android 'Malware'
Symantec has backed off its earlier claims that apps in the Android Market were malware, but still says the apps are adware or spyware
Digital culture free to all
The commercial software industry will tell you that free software is riddled with spyware, adware and viruses. Well, they would, wouldn't they? But the fact is, there are no guarantees. You'll discover this if you ever read the EULAs (does anybody, ever?), those lengthy, legalistic end user licence agreements you must agree to before installation.
Symantec recants Android malware claims
Symantec has backtracked from assertions last week that 13 Android apps distributed by Google's Android Market were malicious, and now says that the code in question comes from an aggressive ad network that provides revenue to the smartphone programs.
