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Wiener3
post Jul 8 2005, 04:28 PM
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Microsoft's Windows AntiSpyware application is no longer flagging adware products from Claria Corp. as a threat to PC users. Less than a week after published reports of acquisition talks between Microsoft Corp. and the Redwood City, Calif.-based distributor of the controversial Gator ad-serving software, security researchers have discovered that Microsoft has quietly downgraded its Claria detections.

Anti-spyware activist Eric L. Howes, who serves as a consultant to Sunbelt Software, discovered the default changes during a recent test that included four Claria applications: Dashbar, Gator, PrecisionTime and Weatherscope. According to the results published by Howes, four different builds of the Windows AntiSpyware beta detected the Claria products, but the default recommendation was "ignore."

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post Jul 12 2005, 04:24 AM
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Obviously M$ wants to keep that software on everybody's machine so they can eventually track people's behaviors and likes. They are not paying 500 million for a password manager.
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Wiener3   MS AntiSpyware Changes Raise Concern   Jul 8 2005, 04:28 PM
Audiyoda   I think that's why I run Adaware and Spybot S...   Jul 9 2005, 03:48 PM
artzelda   Just shows that MS is really not concerned about t...   Jul 9 2005, 04:07 PM
Bearsland   My main worry is for those 'not in the know...   Jul 11 2005, 12:20 AM
judson70   But however, If MS bought that company, they will ...   Jul 11 2005, 02:46 PM
Surtsey   Suddenly software becomes useful when Microsoft is...   Jul 11 2005, 11:27 PM
PimpScourge   Obviously M$ wants to keep that software on e...   Jul 12 2005, 04:24 AM

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