spy1
August 5th, 2002, 10:37 AM
Gamespot's "Download Manager" Hides Spyware, DRM
"Gamespot.com, a popular games download site, is promoting a "download accelerator" which will place a digital-rights-management (DRM) and spyware package on your PC.
Although Gamespot's parent company, CNET Networks, announced in March that it would use a program called "Download Express" across all of its sites, the use of the "Download Manager Assisted Download" software is specifically tied to Gamespot, according to a CNET spokeswoman."
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"Gamespot.com, a popular games download site, is promoting a "download accelerator" which will place a digital-rights-management (DRM) and spyware package on your PC.
Although Gamespot's parent company, CNET Networks, announced in March that it would use a program called "Download Express" across all of its sites, the use of the "Download Manager Assisted Download" software is specifically tied to Gamespot, according to a CNET spokeswoman."
Rest of article here:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,365073,00.asp