CoU bans Symantec updates

Symantec has partnered with the maker of the Ask toolbar, and Donna at CoU has now banned Symantec.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/donna/archive/2009/02/09/not-happy-with-this-symantec-partner-with-ask-com.aspx
http://www.calendarofupdates.com/updates/index.php?showtopic=16253
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/here-comes-ask-toolbar-again.html

It's getting harder to tell the good guys from the bad!

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[Edit]: For those wondering why the concern over the Ask Toolbar (apart from the fact it is unnecessary, and installed by default), see this critique by Ben Edelman:

http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/ask-toolbars/

Components of the Ask Toolbar are detected as malware by several scanners, including  AntiVir, a-squared, Ikarus, Mcafee, MBAM, and Panda.