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Old 01-19-2005, 11:19 AM   #1
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Many Microsoft Windows users who downloaded the recently released AntiSpyware program from Microsoft, or had it installed through an automatic Windows update, woke up to a surprise. Unintentionally, the heuristics of the software detected Internet Explorer as spyware, and removed the program from their systems.

http://www.bbspot.com/News/200...osoft_antispyware.html

EDIT: ok, so its not real
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:19 AM   #2
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It's parody site.
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:19 AM   #3
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meh!
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:20 AM   #4
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didn't do that for me or any of my clients

you sure that isn't just bs rumor?
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:20 AM   #5
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Many Microsoft Windows users who downloaded the recently released AntiSpyware program from Microsoft, or had it installed through an automatic Windows update, woke up to a surprise. Unintentionally, the heuristics of the software detected Internet Explorer as spyware, and removed the program from their systems.

http://www.bbspot.com/News/200...osoft_antispyware.html
so now microsoft is removing its own software from the os. nice
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:20 AM   #6
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It's parody site.
troytime PWNED himself

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Old 01-19-2005, 11:21 AM   #7
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its bbspot

like theonion
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:21 AM   #8
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troytime = PWNED
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:22 AM   #9
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still a funny read though.
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:22 AM   #10
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PWNED by a coworker for not telling me it was a fake site

fvck me runnin
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:23 AM   #11
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jokes are funny :laugh:
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:40 AM   #12
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I assumed it was fake before i got to the second post only because I had no issues on any of the pc's it auto updated. Of course it hasn't done anything of value yet, and I doubt it will since it's functionality is so limited... mostly just a reporting tool for MS I imagine.
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:41 AM   #13
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still a funny read though.
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:42 AM   #14
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It's parody site.
troytime PWNED himself
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That would have been great!
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Old 01-19-2005, 11:49 AM   #16
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Microsoft own3d a long time ago
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