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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 9 2005, 03:48 PM
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I think that's why I run Adaware and Spybot S&D as well as the M$ POS.

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post Jul 9 2005, 04:07 PM
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Just shows that MS is really not concerned about this stuff if there is a financial interest involved. They should be ashamed.
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post Jul 11 2005, 12:20 AM
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My main worry is for those 'not in the know' as far as what Gator is/was. We all know what this crap did/does; a lot of people won't.

Not often I agree with the big ArtZ :blink: , but I certainly do on this one.

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btw. Should point out for all all you chaps that do use Spybot, that even it has at least 4 products checked by default in its ignore list: C-dilla (x2), New.net and SideStep. First thing I do with a new build is to 'uncheck' these. Anything that is or was previously famously known as Spyware/Adware gets no place on any of my boxes, regardless of whether Spybot or M$ says it's safe or not.
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post Jul 11 2005, 02:46 PM
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But however, If MS bought that company, they will probably take the adware out of it ... making it an actual useful ???? program .... maybe :)


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post Jul 11 2005, 11:27 PM
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Suddenly software becomes useful when Microsoft is behind the helm? I don't fucking think so.
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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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