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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:Sadly, no surprise. by VHerring · · Score: 0, Troll
    In the spirit of freedom of choice

    And when did this become a popular sentiment on /.?

    Seriously now, everyone here is against choosing Microsoft, against choosing Intel, against voting conservative, against the war in Iraq, against the use of proper grammar and spelling, etc. The only things anyone seems to be for are movie/music piracy and open source code because "the information wants to be free." Anyone who takes a contrarian position on one or more of the examples listed is modded as a troll. So where's the "freedom of choice?"