DivX Now Installs Malware
It's worth noting that PG has defended this practice when YC Companies do it.<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711</a><p><i>The apps that get installed are "crapware." This one seems a matter of opinion. A lot of the world's most popular apps and sites seem like junk to us. But the users are choosing to install these things.</i><p>If you want to stop this kind of thing you need to get angry at the people who fund it and make money from it. That includes Paul Graham and Y Combinator.<p>More about the YC funded InstallMonetizer:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5059806" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5059806</a> Y Combinator is funding the future of spam in Windows (467 comments)
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5086043" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5086043</a> InstallMonetizer quietly starts editing website, privacy policy
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5059454" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5059454</a> Y Combinator-Backed InstallMonetizer Is A Selective Ad Network For Desktop