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."

Comments

Re:Was worried there for a moment...

[Shemmie]

... and here we are, 2 years on, and it's still optional.

Re:So switch to something else

[syousef]

I was screwed by Apple before I ever used a PC. Apple IIe. Overpriced. Salesman screwed my parents into thinking the IIe was better than the first Macs. Apple then pulled software distribution so I had to mail order or travel many kilometers as a kid to get software. I recently begrudgingly bought a couple of iPods because they were the best of a bad bunch of players. However don't fool yourself into thinking that Apple's going to treat you any better.

Re:They call adware a "sponsor program"

[Martin Blank]

I find it ironic that the same group of people (though perhaps not you, wwiiol) talked about how great it was when Opera had the ad-supported version, since Opera would still get some income without people having to pay for it. When someone else tries to do that -- giving the option to not install the ads and still get full functionality -- they get lambasted for it.