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Microsoft antispyware ignoring gator
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For those that don't know, Gator is spyware. It has been spyware since it came out around the same time napster was first made and it will be spyware even after Microsoft antispyware software starts ignoring it and leaving it on your system.

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/07/07/12342...tid=172&tid=201

Quote:accihap writes "A week after word leaked out that Microsoft was negotiating an acquisition deal with Claria (See recent /. coverage), spyware researchers have noticed that the Windows antispyware application has downgraded Claria's Gator detections and changed the recommended action from 'quarantine' to 'ignore.' Screenshots of the new default settings."
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Microsoft antispyware ignoring gator - by Gwarsbane - 07-08-2005, 01:22 PM
Microsoft antispyware ignoring gator - by Wha? - 07-08-2005, 04:21 PM
Microsoft antispyware ignoring gator - by Squish - 07-10-2005, 04:09 PM

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