Edelman: How Yahoo Funds Spyware

Ben Edelman, spyware guru, tells us how Yahoo funds spyware:

In my testing, Yahoo's funding of spyware is widespread and prevalent -- an important source of revenue for many spyware programs installed on millions of users' PCs. Were it not for Yahoo's funding of these programs, the programs would be far less profitable -- and there would be fewer such programs trying to sneak onto users' PCs.

More: Internetnews.com.

Prior posts:
    May 5, 2005 - Goldman on AskJeeves Spyware Problem.
    May 3, 2005 - Edelman's Research on Spyware Makes a Difference.
    Mar. 10, 2005 - Edelman: Comparison of Unwanted Software Installed by P2P Programs.