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Re: Blaming the User: MS & WMP Adware Installations

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A Microsoft representative said the software company was continuing to pursue the problem.

"We are concerned, because it is behavior inconsistent with what we would do with our DRM," said Mike Coleman, lead product manager for Microsoft's Windows client consumer division.

Microsoft is planning to release an update to the Windows Media Player that will shut down a file's ability to automatically pop up a Web page, unless the user turns that function on, a representative said.

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