It was in ZDNet's Tech Boiler write up. Here is the title, etc.
"Personal Computer Security: Using Uncommon Sense
By Scott Raymond | August 27, 2010, 10:39pm PDT"
My concern is many times I see these guys drop a reference/recommend to an item or software that isn't tried and true. People out there are going to simply assume that this chunk of software is golden!
The truth is the it was posted on download.com on 2/4/2010; it now has 8723 downloads and that's up from yesterdays 5000 plus. There are only 6 user reviews with a combined rating of 4 stars. There is no Editors Review or Rating!
That all bothers the hell out of me simply because it leads me to believe that these writers will recommend anything that they or their company is paid to include in an article.
If in fact this software was that good, and with almost 7 months on download.com don't you think it would have more downloads and some sort of review and rating?
These guys are not gods or necessarily ghuru's. In many cases they're simply writers and they include in their articles what their editor wants in it because their customer needs exposure. That's why I feel it's wrong to simply throw a "recommendation" out there by referencing it in an article because you and I both know that folks are going to download it and rely on it before anyone proves it will do what it claims.
Please don't take what I've said as an affront or a challenge to you. It's not meant that way.
