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June 27, 2007

My Way (web portal)

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My Way is a web portal offering a number of news, shopping, e-mail and web services. The web portal also distributes MyWay Searchbar, a spyware service that comes preinstalled on some Dell<ref>Righi, Michael, “Dell Charges $49 to Remove Their Own Spyware”, http://www.michaelrighi.com/2005/07/21/dell-spyware-my-way, July 21, 2005</ref><ref>Dotson, Anthony, “Ethics and “Spyware”", Sandusky Computers, http://sanduskycomputers.com/editorials/spywareethics.php, June 28, 2006
</ref> and HP computers<ref>LS CalamityJane, “HELP! My computer is infected! What should I do?”, Lavasoft Support Forums, http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/lofiversion/index.php/t3403.html, September 20, 2006, 02:57 PM</ref>. It is also distributed with Kazaa, a program owned by Sharman Networks, with whom My Way’s company shares revenue.<ref name=”polic”></ref> It manifests itself as a searchbar and pop-up blocker.<ref>Martin, Melissa, “MyWay Speedbar”, Scumware, http://www.scumware.com/apps/scumware.php/action::view_article/article_id::1063294991/topic::Scumware,-Spyware,-Adware-&-Malware-Applications,
September 11, 2003</ref>


Ownership

My Way is owned by IAC Search & Media, owner of Ask.com<ref>IAC Search & Media, “Ask Jeeves Closes Acquisition of Interactive Search Holdings”, http://www.irconnect.com/askj/pages/news_releases.html?d=57155, May 6, 2004</ref>.


See Also

  • MyWay Searchbar
  • Spyware
  • Web portal


References

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External link

  • Official site

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