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Microsoft Buys Claria (Gator)

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
M$ Anti-Spyware wasn't that great anyways. Tried it out and didn't like it at all.
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Then you never had to clean a spyware install with it. Works VERY well for an MS freeware and is good for helping stupid users realize they're doing something wrong

<----IT support for College of Agriculture & Life Sciences :Q
 
Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Originally posted by: hypn0tik
M$ Anti-Spyware wasn't that great anyways. Tried it out and didn't like it at all.
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Then you never had to clean a spyware install with it. Works VERY well for an MS freeware and is good for helping stupid users realize they're doing something wrong

<----IT support for College of Agriculture & Life Sciences :Q
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<----I second that. The fact that it has active protection for free is a BIG +++ too 🙂
 
Originally posted by: cubby1223
I'd rather see a better source for the information before jumping on the M$ buys Claria bandwagon
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Well, it was reported on /. the other day....

Assuming it's true though...isn't it possible that MS will take any valuable algorithms and KILL the spyware side of the business?

Maybe they're doing us all a favor....


IDK, but I'll stay on the fence for the moment.
 
I beg to differ. I have MS Anti-Spyware installed on my machine and it very rarely finds any spyware if any. Adaware and Spybot-Search and Destroy on the other hand almost always find some crap in the registry or on the filesystem. I'm seriously thinking of uninstalling that MS crap.
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: cubby1223
I'd rather see a better source for the information before jumping on the M$ buys Claria bandwagon
Click to expand...

Well, it was reported on /. the other day....

Assuming it's true though...isn't it possible that MS will take any valuable algorithms and KILL the spyware side of the business?

Maybe they're doing us all a favor....


IDK, but I'll stay on the fence for the moment.
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Interesting point. Buy the spyware companies and then render them useless in order to make your operating system less prone to attack. Gator has to be the #1 spyware company out there...
 
Originally posted by: loic2003
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: cubby1223
I'd rather see a better source for the information before jumping on the M$ buys Claria bandwagon
Click to expand...

Well, it was reported on /. the other day....

Assuming it's true though...isn't it possible that MS will take any valuable algorithms and KILL the spyware side of the business?

Maybe they're doing us all a favor....


IDK, but I'll stay on the fence for the moment.
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Interesting point. Buy the spyware companies and then render them useless in order to make your operating system less prone to attack. Gator has to be the #1 spyware company out there...
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very good points guys...didnt think of that before. lets hope they are doing this for our advantage.
 
Lavasoft has already responded as a result, and now ad-aware flags microsoft windows as a threat offers to remove it.
 
Originally posted by: loic2003
Interesting point. Buy the spyware companies and then render them useless in order to make your operating system less prone to attack. Gator has to be the #1 spyware company out there...
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Exactly, it isn't like they would need an outside company's help to embed something into the OS to track whatever they would want.
 
Originally posted by: loic2003
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: cubby1223
I'd rather see a better source for the information before jumping on the M$ buys Claria bandwagon
Click to expand...

Well, it was reported on /. the other day....

Assuming it's true though...isn't it possible that MS will take any valuable algorithms and KILL the spyware side of the business?

Maybe they're doing us all a favor....


IDK, but I'll stay on the fence for the moment.
Click to expand...


Interesting point. Buy the spyware companies and then render them useless in order to make your operating system less prone to attack. Gator has to be the #1 spyware company out there...
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indeed. if you can't beat them, buy them out heh
 
If they want to buy them out to prevent them from servicing why downgrade the detection in MS AntiSpyware?

BTW, the software is decent for removal. No single tool is "good" yet.
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: cubby1223
I'd rather see a better source for the information before jumping on the M$ buys Claria bandwagon
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Well, it was reported on /. the other day....
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What, the report that the spyware has been downgraded to "ignore" by default? I don't see any article saying Microsoft has bought Claria. Link?
 
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