Microsoft Buying a Spyware Company

[iago]

Microsoft is planning to buy Claria Corporation, which created the spyware that everybody loves: Gator.  It's going to help them compete with Google and Yahoo for ad revenues. 

Microsoft has also started calling Gator "moderate" and recommending that you ignore it. 

This is very shady.  I don't like it at all.

More information:
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/340

The pre-article thing:

I don't get mad too easily, but there's one thing guaranteed to really get me steaming, and that's when someone is lying to me. Right now I'm feeling lied to, and while I could be wrong, I don't think I am. Worse, I don't think I'm the only one who's the victim here. I think virtually all of you are having your chains yanked as well.

[MyndFyre]

More and more I'm wanting *nix to work with my hardware....

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

More and more I'm wanting *nix to not nuke my HD when I install it.

[nslay]

Microsoft is planning to buy Claria Corporation, which created the spyware that everybody loves: Gator.  It's going to help them compete with Google and Yahoo for ad revenues. 

Microsoft has also started calling Gator "moderate" and recommending that you ignore it. 

This is very shady.  I don't like it at all.

More information:
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/340

The pre-article thing:

I don't get mad too easily, but there's one thing guaranteed to really get me steaming, and that's when someone is lying to me. Right now I'm feeling lied to, and while I could be wrong, I don't think I am. Worse, I don't think I'm the only one who's the victim here. I think virtually all of you are having your chains yanked as well.

Time to move to Apple, Linux or Unix everybody

If you like Apple but you don't want to buy the costly hardware to run it...have no fear, Darwin is here, http://www.opendarwin.org/.  Darwin is the BSD Unix variant that made OS X what it is.
Or, if you're worried about hardware compatibility.  FreeBSD is probably one of the most hardware compatible Unix flavors available today. http://www.freebsd.org/.

I'm such an ass aren't I?

[iago]

I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware.  Ads going across the background and stuff.  That would be hilarious.

[nslay]

I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware.  Ads going across the background and stuff.  That would be hilarious.

Microsoft would use its monopoly over the market to measure usage statistics of its OS and programs that run therein.  Much like they already do with Windows Media Player, but worse.  This is one reason why I went to Unix.

This is the perfect time to show this because Microsoft is now being portrayed as a dictatorship.
Unix - Live Free Or DieYou can actually get their license plate here (I know its a little pricey for a license plate)

[iago]

You can actually get their license plate here (I know its a little pricey for a license plate)

Eww, supporting Open Group! :-P

[nslay]

You can actually get their license plate here (I know its a little pricey for a license plate)

Eww, supporting Open Group! :-P

It's not Open Group I'm intending to support, it's Unix :-P

Fine
Buy these boxer shorts



http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdboxer?id=TS9It9Bd&mv_pc=68

[UserLoser.]

I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware.  Ads going across the background and stuff.  That would be hilarious.

We'll find out when Longhorn comes next year =P

[Arta]

This was lies btw. They're now both saying that they've decided not to go ahead. It's unclear who pulled out first

You're fired!
No, I quit!

muahaha

[iago]

This was lies btw. They're now both saying that they've decided not to go ahead. It's unclear who pulled out first

Haha nice, I guess Microsoft saw the bad publicity.

But the fact that they'd consider teaming up with Spyware sucks

[nslay]

This was lies btw. They're now both saying that they've decided not to go ahead. It's unclear who pulled out first

Haha nice, I guess Microsoft saw the bad publicity.

But the fact that they'd consider teaming up with Spyware sucks

Let's grow some giant tarantulas

[Mangix]

lol heres something interesting.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/claria_letter.mspx

[Intangir]

I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware.  Ads going across the background and stuff.  That would be hilarious.

it does
install windows 2k or XP fresh then scan for spyware, some kind of alexa spyware is preinstalled thats how www.alexa.com gets its stats

[nslay]

I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware.  Ads going across the background and stuff.  That would be hilarious.

it does
install windows 2k or XP fresh then scan for spyware, some kind of alexa spyware is preinstalled thats how www.alexa.com gets its stats

Where can I look to manually remove it (I manually remove spyware lots).  I'd rather not install a fresh copy.