BalloonPop Word Game

[Guest]

Our application is misreported in Microsoft antispyware, it does not
"stealth" install anything, it is clearly showen in the License agreement
that must be accepted 2x before its installed, and the "game" can be
installed without even installing the adware.

http://www.lookoutsoft.net/freewebgames/baloonpop.html

Please correct the entry in Microsoft Antispyware.

(Adware - NOT SPYWARE)

 

[Dave M]

Go to this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/isv/cdform.aspx
and fill out the vendor dispute form.

 

[Guest]

Done. Thanks.

Go to this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/isv/cdform.aspx
and fill out the vendor dispute form.

 

[JoeM]

The problems with your software just like Weather Bug and Gator, is that it
does things that spyware does.
I consider QuickTime, RealPlayer, WeatherBug and Gator all malware since
they all install themselfs in the startup(even when you tell it NOT to).

 

[Eric L. Howes]

Visaid:

You conveniently neglected to report that your program does install some
rather nasty spyware and adware. See here for a report:

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/seen-in-wild-lookoutsoftnet.html

Previous versions of the Balloonpop game dropped its adware/spyware load on
victims' PCs without any notice or consent whatsoever. It wasn't until the
Roger Karlsson and Sunbeltblog exposed your illegal installation practices
that you added some form of notice. Still worse, until just recently your
program was installing SearchMiracle/Elitebar, which was raided and shut
down by the Feds in early November.

You're hardly the innocent, aggrieved party that you make out to be, and all
of the "freebie" programs on your web site are legitimate targets for
detection and removal by anti-spyware programs like Microsoft AntiSpyware.

If any MS employees are monitoring this discussion, please do forward this
post to the MS anti-spyware team.

Reagrds,

Eric L. Howes