Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles
available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. CWShredder is a
program that runs on Microsoft Windows for removing the CoolWebSearch
family of spyware. Originally created by Merijn Bellekom, it was bought
by InterMute on October 19, 2004 until June 2005 when InterMute itself
was acquired by Trend Micro.Unfortunately, the program has not been
updated since ownership transferred to Trend Micro. The currently
available version is v2.19 which was released in November 2005. While
still an essential tool to have, it is unclear after 3 years if Trend
Micro will ever update this program again. There is controversy in some
quarters over whether or not Trend Micro should either declare
CWShredder open source or be compelled to give up ownership to a
responsible party so that the program can be properly maintained and
updated.
