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Microsoft Denies Claria got Spyware Exception
daria42 writes "Microsoft has denied its AntiSpyware application has given adware-maker Claria special treatment. The denial has been issued amid reports MS is looking to buy Claria, and is in response to security researchers' reports stating AntiSpyware had downgraded the threat level posed by Claria's adware products. The downgrade in threat level merely represented an effort to be "fair and consistent with how Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) handles similar software from other vendors," according to a statement published by Microsoft." As reader jfengel writes, though, "they neglected to mention what software that might be, nor did they publish the analysis."
"We firmly believe that people should have complete control over what runs on their computers," Microsoft added."
Well, 10 million compromised windowsboxes seems to contradict that belief.
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I have 2modpoints left, and I'm in bad mood. So I wanted to mod insightful a comment like: "microsoft sucks!" but there was no comment like that. What's up with you guys?
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BSOD existence too...
If Microsoft wants to pull these conspiracies off properly, they need to manage the timing of their rumors and actions. If Karl Rove has to resign over this journalist stuff, I'd say he should go work for Microsoft's marketing department. He'd fit right in.
*chuckles*
/. NOone believes it. doesn't matter what it's about.
this is
[evil demonic laugh]MWHAHAHAHA ![/evil demonic laugh]
1. Microsoft Buys anti-spyware, 2. Microsoft buys up all spyware company's 3. Microsft delcares the war on spyware is won & emails 7 billion email addresses announcing that the WinXp SP 15 will be "Spyware Free"
The LAST thing I need to happen to my kid sister's computer is for the anti-spyware tool to install Debian in place of Windows. Most users can't handle that kind of sudden change.
"Live Free or Die." Don't like it? Then keep out of the USA
Hmm, I'm sure they wouldn't lie and I shall read the statement as soon my flying pig is back.
It's on a mission, surveying the earth in order to prove that it's flat.
ich bin der musikant
mit taschenrechner in der hand
kraftwerk
Well you can add dameware and pc anywhere to your list because they are distant remote control software and some spyware will threat them as dangerous.
Why doesnt remote desktop show as a possible threat?
It's easier to connect to a remote host with that software!
OH yeah right,,,it's a ms product!
This all makes sense when you realize one key, critical piece of information.
First, a quote:
Has Microsoft given in to vendors' threats? Or forgotten how badly "adware" damages the Windows experience (ultimately encouraging users to switch to other platforms)?
Now, the key, critical piece of information.
Microsoft's anti-spy ware devision is headed by a MAC user! You see, MAC zealots have infiltrated the Microsoft hierarchy, and are plotting it's downfall from within.
As a matter of fact, this is a pervasive presence, weaving into all levels of the company.
Think about it. Doesn't Clippy make much more sense as MAC sabotage than as an actual feature? No doubt someone floated a mock up with the note, "Looks just like something I saw at the last MAC expo."
Architecture changes that mean the XBOX II won't be able to run XBOX games, the endless delays in Longhorn, the XP default theme, the differences between XP Home and XP Pro, these are all contributed by MAC users who are gradually whittling away Microsoft from within.
And because Microsoft has been shamelessly copying the MAC for so long, all they have to do is float the rumor that MAC is going to do something, and Microsoft programmers and management throw themselves into trying to replicate it, or at least toss together a half asses rip-off of the feature / technology.
"Live Free or Die." Don't like it? Then keep out of the USA
And then I'll have to eat crow for quite a while.
Admitting you have a problem is the first step. Welcome.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
They're solving that. Once MS buys Gator, they'll fix the bugs that make it removable.
"Integrated into the operating system," like IE, Media, etc. The script should be familiar by now.
Lacking <sarcasm> tags,
In related news:
Microsoft has made a stunning leap forward in the field of bicycle locomotion technology, developing a system of operation that allows for the appearance of forward progress whilst routinely backpedaling.
:::: the insomniac's digest
I think this is going to MS's way of getting "patch management" into the mainstream.
Think about it...delivering A/V and system updates via clickable Ads - brilliant!
Oooohhhh...and so so profitable.
JB
I Just installed Ubuntu And got the BSOD,followed by the frowny face mac, followed by a the screen caused by a crashed C64, Ahh such a great screen-saver.
I used to have a cool sig, back when I cared
I see you have just typed your social security number into a web page. Would you like me to transfer this to all websites ending with .cn and .ru?
(big innocent-eyed smile from the purple paper clip)
MSC++ exclusive features are only slightly different from the ANSI standard, while GCC ones are so absurdly different that you need to learn a whole new way of thinking
;) looks too much like a function call or an expression to be easily grepped for. A C++ cast (MemPtr* a = reinterpret_cast 0xb800 ;) looks like a cast and nothing else. And it's ugly to boot, to remind you that casting should be done only when absolutely necessary.
You make a good point, and what GCCs does is actually a good thing: something slightly different is like The Crying Game -- hey, she looked like a chick until I'd invested in weeks of dating, and when after all that effort I got into her pants, out popped a pee-pee!
Same with Microsoft extension -- you gets lots of people who don't notice the slight difference -- the Adam's Apple, if you will -- and think that C++ is what Microsoft calls C++. Then they get a real girl, and don't know what to do with her, because they've been dating Microsoft "almost girls" all their lives.
GCC's extensions, on the other hand, are like a big, hairy, honest gay guy buying you a drink in gay bar: you see the bulge in the pants, it's totally different, and hey, if you want to try that lifestyle, it's gay, but, as Seinfeld says, "not that there's anything wrong with that". But it's different enough that you know it's different, and you know if you go back to girls, you'll need an entirely different technique to get anywhere.
No offense to anyone intended by the analogy: the point is that obvious differences are honest -- they don't fool you into thinking you're not using an extension. Slight differences are pernicious, not because they're necessarily bad, but because it makes it hard to recognize when an extension is being used.
A similar concern is why C++'s casting is so ugly compared to C's: a C style cast (MemPtr *a = (MemPtr) 0xb800
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