Re: MS' Anti_Spyware - is spyware

Al wrote:
> Truly meant for helping Windows users keep their PCs clean from it,
> considering the going ons of the past few days, it doesn't seem so?
> One image shows where the AS prgoram is set (by default) to ignore
> Claria spyware (once known as gator)
>
> http://netrn.net/spywareblog/archives/2005/07/01/microsoft-antispyware-ignores-claria/
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/65205
>
> " Microsoft and Claria
> Dumbest PR move of the year award
>
> Spyware Warrior has a good rundown of industry reaction to Microsoft's
> decision to tone down its detection of Claria adware - just as rumors
> emerge that it could be a Microsoft Acquisition target. A dead-on
> comment by author Ed Bott: "The only way it makes sense is if
> Microsoft buys the company, fires everyone involved with it, has
> their buildings exorcised, and rewrites every line of code in their
> product."
> http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/65153
>
>
> "Microsoft Downgrades Claria Adware Detection
> Amidst rumors they might buy the company
>
> Posted on 2005-07-02 03:30:12
>
> Spyware researcher Eric Howes stops by our Security forum to point
> out that Microsoft has downgraded its detection of Claria spyware in
> its latest anti-spyware version update (#5731). This of course comes
> the same week rumors began to emerge that the company might be buying
> the adware company once known as Gator."

Old News!

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