GameSpy Arcade Virus?

[Hopismum]

and then there is this one:        http://seclists.org/lists/vulnwatch/2003/Jul-Sep/0064.html

Maxx..    the list goes on and on 

[MFB]

And Gamespy didn't do anything about this? 

[The Maxx]

Well got a reply from GameSpy this morning.
"It comes up because our free software  has ads built into it.  However it is
not 'adware' or 'spyware' in the true sense of the word."

As for the Download.com thing I recall hearing a few years ago a rumor that state about every file Download.com had had a virus in it.  But that didn't stop people from using Download.com

Also GameSpy is now owned by IGN Entertainment one of the biggest internet gaming news sites.

[Hopismum]

Maxx.. what you choose to download, trust,  and use on your system is of course up to you      You asked for an opinion, and you got a couple..    the rest is up to you

[roundtrip]

The latest version of Ewido also picks this up as adware, albeit LOW.

Too many of the security vendors are saying this is a nasty so I'm going to trust them more than the vendor pushing the suspect software. If it was so benign then why not be upfront that it contains adware.

[polonus]

Hi Connie,

Well dear Connie, you know you should have some proper in-browser protection, so you have the results on dubious links, before you do any clicking. What do you have: you could install McAfee SiteAdvisor or you could search through www.scandoo.com to have some traffic lights on your search result page (green is OK, yellow not known, red is "do not click this link". Or you can install for IE, FF or Opera the DrWeb's pre-hyperlink scanner plug-in. A red spider coming up, do click this link and you have malware on your machine.
Simply said surf with this "map" and don't get clubbered over the head in some backway alley.

your malware fighting friend polonus

[DavidR]

Well Polonus, when Connie replied to this over a year ago 20 May 2005, DrWeb, siteadvisor and scandoo didn't exist