Mr.Guvernment
02-27-05, 11:37 PM
Ahahahahhaa - go figure!
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| Microsoft AntiSpyware thinks Firefox is Spyware |
| from the most-worms-are-spread-via-outlook dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday February 27, @11:01 (Mozilla) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/27/1522245 |
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[0]brightertimes writes "It seems that microsoft's new [1]AntiSpyware
(beta) is now advising users to remove [2]Firefox on their computers..
[3]A Zeropaid.com thread shows the offending [4]screenshot in action.
Once your scanning has been done, if Firefox is found on your computer it provides the user with a "high" threat level and advising removal due to of lack of security updates." CT Several users have noted that the screenshot is likely fake.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=05/02/27/1522245
Links:
0. mailto:slashdotNO@SPAMbrightertimes.com
1. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
2. http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
3. http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=26937
4. http://img95.exs.cx/img95/272/mozillaadware4vs.png
Funny and would not have suprised me if it is /was true
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| Microsoft AntiSpyware thinks Firefox is Spyware |
| from the most-worms-are-spread-via-outlook dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday February 27, @11:01 (Mozilla) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/27/1522245 |
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[0]brightertimes writes "It seems that microsoft's new [1]AntiSpyware
(beta) is now advising users to remove [2]Firefox on their computers..
[3]A Zeropaid.com thread shows the offending [4]screenshot in action.
Once your scanning has been done, if Firefox is found on your computer it provides the user with a "high" threat level and advising removal due to of lack of security updates." CT Several users have noted that the screenshot is likely fake.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=05/02/27/1522245
Links:
0. mailto:slashdotNO@SPAMbrightertimes.com
1. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
2. http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
3. http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=26937
4. http://img95.exs.cx/img95/272/mozillaadware4vs.png
Funny and would not have suprised me if it is /was true