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Windows AntiSpyware Downgrades Claria Detections

Posted by Zonk on from the convenient-timing dept.

accihap writes "A week after word leaked out that Microsoft was negotiating an acquisition deal with Claria (See recent /. coverage), spyware researchers have noticed that the Windows antispyware application has downgraded Claria's Gator detections and changed the recommended action from 'quarantine' to 'ignore.' Screenshots of the new default settings."

2 of 411 comments (clear)

  1. You just have to love corporate integrity ;) by Morgaine · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's not just Microsoft though. Pretty much the whole corporate sphere works to that kind of moral code, always laying the blame for their questionable actions at the door of "protecting shareholders' profits".

    Microsoft just happens to get caught at it a lot. :)

    Shabby, very shabby.

    --
    "The question of whether machines can think is no more interesting than [] whether submarines can swim" - Dijkstra
  2. Re:Sadly, no surprise. by Anarke_Incarnate · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    dipshit, What part of I can only suggest did you not comprehend before you took time to waste the bandwidth of others with your worthless post?

    I can tell someone to switch to Opera or Firefox, but I cannot MAKE them do it. I can tell someone to install Knoppix or Mandrake or Fedora, but I cannot watch them to make sure they don't undo that and reinstall windows. I help them do what THEY want to do. They pay me for that, but I do a lot of freebies too. Before you go making me part of the problem, try thinking a little bit. Why don't you go blame a doctor for transfering a liver out of someone into a drinker who caused his own problems? Can the doctor shoot the guy if he drinks again?