Microsoft to bring you the finest spyware, part 2
by Volker Weber
We recently reported that Microsoft was going to acquire Claria, the crooks formerly known as Gator. Here is step number two. Microsoft has just downgraded their anti-spyware software to ignore the Claria spyware.
[Thanks, Bruce]
Comments
Are you sure that's the real default, or a mock-up?
Frank Koehntopp, 2005-07-07
Frank -- it was also reported in eWeek:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1834607,00.asp
Not that it makes the story less likely to be a mock-up, but if you're looking for a more "traditional media" type of source...
All this, of course, is the problem when a company tries to audit itself (or its own software). It makes discretionary and biased decisions based on its own best interests.
- Julian
Julian Robichaux, 2005-07-08
Here's some nice wallpaper to go along with this post:
Bruce Elgort, 2005-07-11
