And yet another security vendor succumbs to temptation

12/3/2008 Correction/Clarification: This is not technically the Ask Toolbar. It's actually a STOPzilla toolbar that uses Ask search results. More here.

Yet another security vendor succumbs to bundling the Ask Toolbar with their product � and again, pre-selected (and when you go to uninstall the STOPzilla, you�re still left with the Ask Toolbar to uninstall).

This is getting gross.

Ask pays handsomely for these bundling arrangements, but is money ever that important that you would treat a customer this way?

It seems most people feel the same way I do � previous comment storms here (Zone Labs) and here (WebRoot). However, there are always the apologists. Feel free to post your opinion.


Alex Eckelberry
(And thank for the heads-up, Scoobie)