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Contents 1 Definition of Spyware and where MyWay products fall 2 Turn this around 3 sources for dispute of its status. 4 MyWay Searchbar 5 Please stop deleting 'Its status as malware is disputed'

[edit] Definition of Spyware and where MyWay products fall

The Wikipedia article on Spyware defines it as "Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habits and sites that have been visited" and this articles neutrality is not debated.

MyWay end user license agreement, in section 7.2, states:

The Toolbar and Websites may provide access to search results or other links to other websites or resources. Because we have no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources.

Source: MyWebSearch.com EULA, retrieved Sept 23 2009

So this section of the EULA for MyWay products specifically says that the toolbar and websites the toolbar is in contact with may provide access to search results to other websites or resources - in other words, without checking with the user, information collected from the toolbar or search terms that has been exchanged with the server can, by the terms of the EULA, be disclosed to third party sites without the explicitly given permission of the user.

This, to me, matches the above definition of at the very least 'internet surfing habits' as given by the Wikipedia article on Spyware.

Thus, I would conclude that MyWay software - no matter what they are calling it - that holds the language contained in section 7.2 of their current EULA, is by the definition agreed upon on Wikipedia, Spyware and thus malicious. I see no problem with it being described as such. --Whisperwolf (talk) 01:05, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Turn this around

I only just started editing this article, apologies for being late to the party :)

We need to turn this around to think about it logically, I have added many sources that anti malware applications consider it adware, however the statement that its status as adware/spyware is contested has no source, therefore if no reliable source can be found for it the statement should be removed.--UltraMagnus (talk) 07:28, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I would like to add that if this is not spyware or malware, then one would be able to uninstall it easily from their website. Further, there would actually be CONTACT INFO on the website to register a complaint or request. This is junk. I did not download it knowing that it would hijack the search from my address bar, etc. It slows my download capabilities & causes firefox to crash. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.233.142.78 (talk) 23:46, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] sources for dispute of its status.

I removed them none of them are correct.

• http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/mywebsearch.com
• http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?name=myway.com
• https://securecloud.com/reputation/search?authenticity_token=cd884c2fec3d21570dceac1b22b82d82231f9324&web_reputation_search=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mywebsearch.com&x=0&y=0

just says the website is not malicious.

• http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100861.htm#tab1

says it is adware, but says it is voluntarily installed

• http://forums.techguy.org/all-other-software/519265-how-safe-smiley-central.html#6

fails wp:rs

• http://theofftopicblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/security-mywebsearch-get-real-facts.html

again, fails wp:rs

--UltraMagnus^speak 09:25, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] MyWay Searchbar

All of the sources support the statement, "Some websites do not classify MyWay as adware." They are as much evidence as the sources for "MyWay Searchbar is adware." - Samwb123 (talk) 03:49, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

did you even read my post above, ALL the sources you added either do not support your claim, or fail wp:rs being blogs or forums --UltraMagnus^speak 12:09, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

OK, I agree with you. -- Samwb123 (talk) 19:28, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

So what was the consensus, and can we just agree that this thing is, in fact, malware? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.211.120.52 (talk) 20:54, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

No, we cannot. Classify it as disputed malware. -Samwb123^T-C-@ 19:18, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Please stop deleting 'Its status as malware is disputed'

To users, and especially IPs, please stop deleting 'Its status as malware is disputed'. There is no consensus about deleting this statement. -Samwb123^T-C-@ 19:23, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Since no one has challenged the content of the article in the last 7 days, I will delete 'Its status as malware is disputed' and the {{activediscuss}} template.