MS Antispyware never ceased to detect Gator. It still detects it and displays it in the list of things found. The only change was it doesn't set the default action to "remove".
Another possibility for the reason MS is dragging their feet on the final release could be the passage or not of antispyware legislation in Washington. If a product violates the law, it would make it easy for MS to defend its removal of software with the product. Conversely, if the law is poorly written, it would make it difficult to defend the product. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James David Byrne Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 4:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Spyware. Excellent point for thought. I run Counterspy, the "commercial" version, as it were, of the MS "beta". I have found it to be more thorough and feel more secure than with the MS product itself, for which there does indeed seem to be some evidence that it has been watered down a bit in response to arguments from spyware/adware vendors. Certainly the MS product at one point (and maybe still) ceased to detect Claria, formerly known as "Gator". Having been Gatored in the past, and having wasted much of a day unGatoring the machine, an antispyware application that doesn't detect it would be useless for me. JMHO James :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Houseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The way Microsoft promoted this "beta" product to the public is different > from the way they've handled any other beta of their usual software in the > past. I think it's safe to say that this "beta" is unique and intended > for > a wide audience of home users. > > My opinion, Microsoft wanted to do something to get brownie points in the > anti-spyware game so they made this available before their legal dept. > could > sign off on it as a "fully-backed Microsoft product." Meanwhile, the > legal > dept. is dragging their feet trying to figure out they will defend the > company against spyware purveyors who don't want to be tagged by the > product > - i.e. Microsoft - as spyware. -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
