I have been noticing an increasing trend lately where more and more users want all software for free and feel they certainly should not have to pay to block ads and detect and remove harmful software. The general comments we receive seem to be centered around the fact that the user did not "put" the harmful software on their computer and therefore should not have to pay to have it removed. Some people even accuse us of being in "bed" with the spyware/adware vendors in some sort of conspiracy to force users to purchase software to remove the software that the adware/spyware authors create! It often amazes me at how the human mind works :)

This of course is very frustrating as a professional software developer with a staff that spends literally thousands of hours (and dollars) a year developing professional software applications. Keeping up with the new spyware/adware/malware that appears daily is not a simple job. It takes skilled, trained professionals, to d...

Posted by Nick