Kudos to CNET for this recent move to help curb the growth of Adware. Scott Arpajian, senior vice-president of Download.com said: “We’ve chosen to extend our policy at consumers’ requests… It’s clear that removing 600 programs – mostly screensavers, actually – from tens of thousands won’t effect anyone’s bottom line, but we’re hoping that this will be seen as us taking a leadership role – a step in the right direction.” Strangely Bill Day the CEO of WhenU, didn’t seem to appreciate this move. ;-) MarketingVOX reports:

“CNET’s download.com has banned adware-supported programs on its site and has already eliminated nearly 600 of them, the company announced Thursday. CNET said the move was an expansion of a long-established policy against any software that could inhibit user control and privacy, MediaPost reports. Software publishers were notified earlier this month and given three weeks to remove adware from their products, said CNET. The announcement coincided with NY State Attorney General Spitzer’s initiation of a suit against adware firm Intermix.”