MS Antispyware downgrade Claria/Gator adware

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13793423


"Several sources have now confirmed that Microsoft downgraded its detections
of Claria's adware products in the latest update (#5731) to Microsoft
AntiSpyware released today. Where Microsoft AntiSpyware used to detect
Claria's products and present users with a "Recommended Action" of
"Quarantine," following today's update Microsoft AntiSpyware now presents
users with a "Recommended Action" of "Ignore"".



I would not be surprise if MS chose to totaly ignore this spyware in future
(one reason of many I don't use it).

 

Does smack of Jesus stealing from the collection plate doesn't it?

 

You complain about software that you don't use? Wow, where's that
encyclopedia-sized set of reports collecting dust these days? Do you
use Patrick Kolla's Spybot S&D? If so, have you ever bothered to look
under its settings for Ignored Products to notice that it comes
configured to ignore CDilla (and New.net and SideStep)? Gee, that must
mean Patrick is in cohoots with Macrovision. Oh, woe is us.

Despite it changing from offering a default of Quarantine to now
offering a default of Ignore, it has always been YOUR choice as to what
action you want to commit on the detected products. If you don't know
which action to commit then MSAS is probably beyond you and you
shouldn't use it and instead have someone else cleanup your computer.
You could move over the sister code CounterSpy product (Sunbelt bought
the code from Giant before Microsoft bought Giant). Uh oh, guess you
don't get CounterSpy for *FREE* but can only get a 15-day trial. Guess
you'll have to suffer paying for CounterSpy, or use MSAS for free, or
use something else (which you claim was your choice yet you still
complain about software that you supposedly don't use).

 

New.net is there by default because it corrupts the Winsock if removed
incorrectly. Spybot does now fix that corruption. It may be an oversight
that it is still listed. At any rate it still detects it it just won't
remove it unless you tell it to.

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Only if it isn't ignored.

Only if it isn't ignored so YOU get told that it is there.

Obviously it is easy to simply go into the Ignored Products setting to
un-ignore the product(s) but that is more work than simply dropping a
listbox to change Ignore to Quarantine in MSAS. It looks like there are
lots of doomsayers making predictions without knowing what Microsoft is
really going to do with Claria's assets.

 

No, it will still detect it but by default it will not be selected for
removal. You get a warning about it then you can select it and have it
removed. I remember because I had to fix about 30 boxes that broke after
spybot was run and new.net was removed. This was before it was added by
default to the list and before Spybot could fix it. If you notice during the
installation of Spybot after the first defs update you will see it install
the LSP fix.

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