Microsoft Gives MVP Award to Adware Pusher

An anonymous reader writes "Ed Bott reports that Microsoft has given an MVP (Most Valuable Professional Award) to an individual known for peddling Adware via his Messenger Plus program." From the article: "So how did a guy whose primary business involves installing adware become an MVP? That's what Christopher Boyd, a Microsoft Security MVP better known as Paperghost wants to know. Boyd isn't the only MVP who has a history with Patchou. Sandi Hardmeier, a current MVP in the Internet Explorer category who specializes in the fight against malware, has written three long, angry pages about the messy adware that 'sponsors' Patchou's product."

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It's part of the new Microsoft...

[syousef]

...the one that's saying screw you to everyone but the software publisher. The one that's now pushing activation on everything and reactivation every time you change hardware or cough too loudly. Microsoft's new DRM is king leadership is taking it straight down the toilet.

Re:They call adware a "sponsor program"

[antek9]

Sounds like the definition of a sponser to me. Thanks for playing.

Hey wait, there must be a typo somewhere, the word 'sponser' doesn't exist in the English language. The online dictionary of my choice suggests you meant to write 'sponger'.
Thanks for playing to you as well, nice game!