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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."

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  1. Re:Let the conspiracy theories fly! by dustmite · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Can the biased moderator explain how the above is a troll? I'm befuddled.