Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CoolWebSearch


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was  Keep per WP:SNOW(non-admin closure) A very notable piece of malware. -Icĕwedg Ё  (ťalķ) 08:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

CoolWebSearch
Spyware. Does Wikipedia need an article on every piece of shit spyware out there? There are millions of them. --Index
 * Speedy keep. User's only edits are the nomination of this article.  --PMDrive1061 (talk) 07:36, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - 347,000 results on Google for "CoolWebSearch". On the first page, I see a mention by The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/29/cws_shredder/ and even Wired: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2004/04/63280 which both make this a notable software entry. — Wackymacs ( talk  ~  edits ) 07:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. We don't keep all spyware articles, but we should keep those whose notability can be established by independent secondary sources. Plenty of people have written about CoolWebSearch, given its reputation as one of the most insidious pieces of spyware of the early 2000s. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 07:53, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Still creating chaos to this day, it's one of the messiest pieces of spyware out there. The nominator should keep the G-hits and the software's notability in mind and I see this article as one of the examples as WP as a public service.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 08:09, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


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