| It's all about the money Man... listen to you guys. You think one app is gonna help stem the flood? If MS can't/won't block a few questionable programs, that's why you have other programs like Spybot and HijackThis.
I sure as hell don't expect 100% protection from the Giant-turned-MS product. Personally, I think they shouldn't bow to pressure -- hell, I hope this causes some of those stupid spyware companies to force themselves go legit adware. I'd like MS to say something like, "we're not classifying you as malware per se, but since uninstalling your application is so difficult (link to examples), we are including it in the threat list." And LIST them out. If they want to stop whining, they should clean up their act.
What MS is gonna do isn't so important to me than what the impact is on the creators of spyware products. The crap ones will always be crap (e.g. CWS), but the ones lurking in the grey area (like Weatherbug) need a firm kick in the ass to come clean completely.
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Mikami Vvian, resident Girlfriend of Steel, care of the Tokyo-3 Middle Daughters Club |
