 keith2468Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB
1 edit | I Suspect MS Hates Invasive Adware I suspect MS hates invasive adware even more than the folks at the dedicated anti-adware anti-spyware companies.
Adware authors, like virus authors, have seriously hurt MS's reputation, have hurt the individual reputations of developers, managers and marketing people who work at MS, and have caused tremendous support and development costs to be incurred to MS, hurting MS's bottom line, and hurting the careers of many MS staff.
So the only way I can imagine MS pandering to adware companies is if the courts or legislators force them to.
That said, MS has deep pockets, and a corporate presence in many countries, which means MS can be profitably sued.
So MS probably won't be able to adopt the "shoot first ask question later" approach smaller companies and individuals can get away with.
MS will have to study adware (and spyware) to determine that it really is installing without permission or carrying out unauthorized activities, before MS can label it as spyware or malicious adware. Otherwise MS faces being sued.
Not MS's fault, it didn't write the laws. But it means that those of us who are really fussy about security will want to continue to run other AS and AAW products even if MS were somehow able to perfect MSAS.
(If you hate adware, lobby congress to make advertising with it illegal.)
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