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Offline iago

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Microsoft Buying a Spyware Company
« on: July 13, 2005, 12:45:17 pm »
Microsoft is planning to buy Claria Corporation, which created the spyware that everybody loves: Gator.  It's going to help them compete with Google and Yahoo for ad revenues. 

Microsoft has also started calling Gator "moderate" and recommending that you ignore it. 

This is very shady.  I don't like it at all.

More information:
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/340

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Re: Microsoft Buying a Spyware Company
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2005, 04:29:05 pm »
Whats next including Gator with the OS?
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Re: Microsoft Buying a Spyware Company
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2005, 07:55:29 pm »
Who wants to bet that Microsoft Anti-Spyware won't detect Gator anymore?
[17:42:21.609] <Ergot> Kutsuju you're girlfrieds pussy must be a 403 error for you
 [17:42:25.585] <Ergot> FORBIDDEN

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Re: Microsoft Buying a Spyware Company
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2005, 08:46:07 pm »
I want to know who the genius was that made this move.  Either its just a rumor (coming from iago the odds of that are pretty low) or somebody is going to ruin Microsoft's reputation even more.
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Re: Microsoft Buying a Spyware Company
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2005, 11:12:27 pm »
The aquisition/partnership/whatever is being cancelled, I'm told.  I guess they realized how bad it looks.

And the check for Gator are now "moderate", even though it's the worst piece of Spyware I've ever seen.