Re: MS anti-spyware took a liberty !

MSAS did not make the change. Something else did.

At least it let you know what was happening- Whatever action you had made,
site you had opened, email... your action triggered it.

It did detect the change so it did its job. It's a shame *your* choice of
program didn't let you stop the change- but the program is *your* choice.
Get a program that allows you to do the things you want and has the
capabilities you want- that is your own responsibility.

It may be an idea to not rely on a Beta program for what is a fairly
important security item- but it is *your* own choice.




"RJK" <notatospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I just did, ...(never used button that before! ...you mean the one with the
>magnifying glass on it?), and Google popped out in a left-hand pane.
> ...was it set to something else before ? as I said I've never used it
> until then.
> I usually never use beta software but, this one is widely reported as
> being very well behaved, and I particularly liked the peer-to-peer like,
> or "inter-communication" like, feature that does something along the lines
> of, rapidly communicate and arm other users of the MS Anti-spyware program
> against new threats. :-) ...I think I got that nearly right !
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
> "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
> news:O9uV41zHGHA.208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> RJK wrote:
>>
>>> Yesterday, Ms anti-spyware beta popped up a box with a message, saying
>>> in as many words, that because I use Google a lot, instead of something
>>> else, it was going to automatically change something in my browser
>>> toolbar settings, or menus, or whatever it was, to "Google" ...and then
>>> it proceeded to do so without a "by your leave" !!!
>>>
>>> I don't know what it changed, and I have a feeling it's something I
>>> don't use but, I would prefer such software to NOT change things for me,
>>> or at the very least give me the option of refusing the change !
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
>>>
>>> regards, Richard
>>
>> Another reason not to use a Beta. Have you opened IE and clicked on the
>> Search button to see what your new default search engine is? MSN per
>> chance?
>>
>> Alias
>>
>> Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
>> Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.
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