So they have been bought off. Nothing new. They sold out. Remember what the RIAA did with the Kaaza clones? Pest Patrol nailed a lot of that spyware crap on a lot of systems for those who happened to be using the clones. Then all of a sudden, nothing.
Pest Patrol remains to be a solid anti spy, anti adware program.
www.pestpatrol.com However, don't rely upon them to detect "industry" planted spy/add ware.