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Microsoft AntiSpyware thinks Firefox is Spyware
brightertimes writes "It seems that microsoft's new AntiSpyware
(beta) is now advising users to remove Firefox on
their computers.. A Zeropaid.com
thread
shows the offending screenshot
in action. Once your scanning has been done, if Firefox is found
on your computer it provides the user with a "high"
threat level and advising removal due to of lack of security
updates." CT Several users have noted that the screenshot is likely fake.
Two months ago.
You wanna make that scan result accurate?
Replace the word "Mozilla" with "Internet Explorer" and the warning will be pretty damn accurate.
"rupert, did you know gullible isn't in the dictionary?"
"what? it really isn't? Oh Touche old chap!"
Thankfully, it automatically uninstalled it and downloaded a copy of FrontPage. Thanks for securing my system MS.
PWNED!!11!11!!! LOL!!
I don't know whats funnier, that Slashdot posted this to the front page or the numerous "OUTRAGE!" posts of readers who fell for it.
Suuuuure... Any other FUD, for us, MSFanBoi?
I mean, it's not like people can simply take pictures of screens that don't exist! It's posted on the Internet, it must be true!
Somebody get that guy an ambulance!
If you look at the screenshot, you'll also see that the "advice" that is supposed to be taken is not valid english, and MS products are known to always have correct and valid english. More proof that its fake.
I'M NOT ANGRY!
...and I predict the next Slashdot story will be: "Gullible not in dictionary" "Posted by Cmdr Taco"
Or perhaps Slashdot is adding a comedy section to their news.
I'd welcome it.
The question isn't why this made the front page, but whether the same story will be on tomorrow's /.
Someone you trust is one of us.
I can't wait until the dupe of this story gets posted in a week!
Well, it's the funniest thing I've read all day. But, the day isn't over yet and chances are this story will show up here again.
If you go deeper into the thread, you'll see another screenshot where MS Antispyware shows John Kery + Jane Fonda as a high-level threat.
94% of Repubs and 21% of Dems voted to renew the Patriot Act
Yes, extremly lame joke. He should have used The Gimp.
My other account has a 3-digit UID.
I had to really brace myself before clicking a link to a .jpg file hosted on the .cx TLD
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain
First, there needs to be a media firestorm about this. Then, just as in Rathergate, Slashdot should fire a few low-level scapegoats now, claiming shoddy journalistic standards. Then Commander Taco should be be allowed to resign "for personal reasons" in a few months.
According to today's Slashdot News, MS Anti-Spyware reports Gimp as a security threat and recommends Photoshop or MS Paint instead for safer hoax fabrication.
In other news, Windows likely has a calculator, a text editor, a much-hated activation requirement, and a much-despised Web browser. At the risk of being banned from /., I must agree with the parent here.
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
Slashdot makes DrudgeReport look like thoughtful, unsensational, quality news.
* Stickers improving your battery life!
* Random number generators predict "important" events!
* IPods prefer certain songs!
Just to name a few recent embarrassing stories. Slashdot has gone New Age, methinks.
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
My calendar must be off...Is it April 1st already?
...how hard I try, I just can't get Microsoft AntiSpyware installed. It's frustrating! I'd like to know if I have any spyware installed (definitely have Firefox, using it right now).
I guess I'll go "unprotected" for a while, using my dangerous browser. Someone please let me know when this AntiSpyware thing works in Linux?
FLR
The question isn't why this made the front page, but whether the same story will be on tomorrow's /.
But you already know the answer to the question... the choice is already made. Now it's up to you to understand it.
These people looked deep into my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined.
I would like to register my outrage and indignation at this travesty of misinformation. It Slashdot keeps linking to fictitious news, I may just lose my trust in the Internet. Just think of the implications. I may no longer believe in the existence of UFOs, ghosts, leprechauns, fairies, and weapons of mass destruction.
Microsoft has made so many bad choices in the past, that something like this can have the ring of truth on the outside only because of Microsoft's "we own everything" monopolistic track record.
Still... it was good enough to fool the Taco.
It brought a chuckle to this old Llamakiller.
LK4
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts", Earl Weaver - Legendary Coach of the Baltimore Orioles
Taco is NOT an idiot! He is a nice guy! So apologize or I will tell my mommy on you!
I just tried it and guess what, I got a different result! Astounding! :P
Any technology distinguishable from magic, is insufficiently advanced.
I, for one, welcome our new comedian overlords!!
You posted this on /. without a clear release stating this was a joke.
Next up, The Onion will pick up your story and it will make headlines in China.
all 7 of them
No, but if you can just wait a second while I check the random number generator...
Yep, it's a number between 0 and INT_MAX, so Slashdot's definition gonna dupe this one. See, random numbers can predict the future!
If you disagree, post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like.
Hey, if the readers of /. don't RTFA, why should the editors? /sarcasm
This evidence should suffice...
3 /mozillaadwarefake.jpg
:-p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/CypherXero
(credit to CypherXero on that forum)
Oh yeah, and the guy that posted the image said it was a fake too, in his second posting on the first page of that thread.
-CausticPuppy "Of all the people I know, you're certainly one of them." -Somebody I don't know