Hotbar adware dispute settled

Symantec settles adware case

Symantec has reached an out-of-court agreement in the pre-emptive lawsuit it filed against marketing firm Hotbar.com Inc.

In the unusual case, the anti-malware vendor sought a court ruling that would allow it to label certain Hotbar.com products as adware (see

VB, July 2005

, p.3). Under the terms of the settlement Symantec will dismiss the suit, but it will continue to classify Hotbar’s program files as low-risk adware.