Microsoft Denies Claria got Spyware Exception

Posted by timothy on Monday July 11, 2005 @12:42AM from the it's-better-than-worse dept.

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."

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Re:bah by Rican · 2005-07-11 00:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Micro$oft is teh suq! ~ gan la :-P

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Re:A very simple explanation. by Dobeln · 2005-07-11 02:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Architecture changes that mean the XBOX II won't be able to run XBOX games"

FUD! FUD! FUD!
Re:More info and analysis by LifesABeach · 2005-07-11 04:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I see two definitive observations here:
1. I now know where Michael Jackson's legal staff works.
2. Beware of the federally convicted baring gifts