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."

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Re:Spy Sweeper too

[3rdParty]

Since Microsoft is the single most important company in mmany Slashdot posters' lives, we can expect irrational behavior every time someone at MS hiccups. Kinda sad. This whole "the sky is falling" hyperbole, along with the assumption of hidden MS agendas is normal, I guess, for people who devote an inordinate amount of time to the goings-on in Redmond. The funniest thing is these people purport to "hate" MS, yet every time an MS employee flushes a toilet, one of these guys is there watching and ready to comment. Talk about unhealthy obsession.

What follows will be screeching defensiveness and name-calling, as people self-identify themselves as MS junkies who claim to not really like Windows much at all. yeah, right. It is like little girls punching boys on the playground - they call it "hating," everyone else sees it as the flirting and obsession it is.

Difference between Opera and Gator?

[ad0gg]

Both are adware. Opera has ad supported version and a paid version, gator has the same. But why does Microsoft AntiSpyware detect Gator but not Opera? I think Microsoft is showing favortism to Opera.