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I just heard that microsoft is about to acquire Claria?
creators of the dreaded spyware: Gator
from Slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/07/1234217&tid=158&tid=172&tid=201
This means that Microsoft will now really be as bad as everyone thinks it is.
creators of the dreaded spyware: Gator
from Slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/07/1234217&tid=158&tid=172&tid=201
Windows AntiSpyware Downgrades Claria Detections
Posted by Zonk on Thursday July 07, @09:23AM
from the convenient-timing dept.
accihap writes "A week after word leaked out that Microsoft was negotiating an acquisition deal with Claria (See recent /. coverage), spyware researchers have noticed that the Windows antispyware application has downgraded Claria's Gator detections and changed the recommended action from 'quarantine' to 'ignore.' Screenshots of the new default settings."
This means that Microsoft will now really be as bad as everyone thinks it is.