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In a marketing tactic used primarily by spyware and adware companies, Google has begun bundling its Google Toolbar and Desktop Search software with the popular WinZip archive utility. The move comes as Google begins to expand its bundling effort with a number of leading software applications.

WinZip quietly updated its download executable last week, which now weighs in at close to 4MB with the added Google tools. Users are given the opportunity to opt out of installing the Google software on the first WinZip setup screen; by default the tools are installed.
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Read More/Source: BetaNews

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YAYitsAndrew

Not a fan.

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- Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism
In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason!

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Matth

"Passengerware" on a commercial application, now that is just wrong! - Google is relatively benign, but the "foistware" tag is one you would think they would try to avoid!

I have the google bar, actually - it was pre-installed on a new PC... I'd been using the Yahoo bar before, so I gave it a shot - Not sure I can spare the bar space for both (if they don't fight!), so maybe I'll switch back to my customized Yahoo bar