caleb68 opened this issue on May 29, 2003 ยท 47 posts
caleb68 posted Thu, 29 May 2003 at 8:06 PM
Free Stuff hosts and Xupiter software It is not usually our policy to deny Free Stuff items based on where they are hosted unless they fall outside our guidelines. However we have come to the conclusion that providing links to sites which attempt to install the Xupiter toolbar (a very intrusive and almost impossible to remove piece of nuisanceware/spyware, see http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57467,00.html" target="_blah for more info) would be irresponsible due to the amount of damage that this software can cause to the machines of people who unwittingly install it. Consequently, we will not approve Free Stuff links which go to sites that bring up the Xupiter installer. Thank you for your co-operation, caleb68, Free Stuff Moderator.