4 Feb
2005
4 Feb
'05
4:26 p.m.
Bonjour tous,
Je crois quand même qu'il s'agit d'une (bonne!) blague, étant donné que
"bbspot" est un site
plutôt humoristique:
Called "the world's greatest tech humour site"
Mais bon, ce serait trop beau pour être vrai, tant qu'on y est le
spyware de chez Microschrott pourrait
également effacer Windows!
Dans un forum j'ai trouvé ces commentaires: (source:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,12426889~mode=flat)
* Microsoft Granted Patent for Creating Insecure Software
Redmond, WA - The US patent office awarded US patent 9,724,341 to
Microsoft for its unique method in creating massive vulnerabilities in
its software using Internet Explorer and ActiveX.
Microsoft's application for a patent on "the process to eliminate
competition through unfair business practices" was denied.
* Un utilisateur écrit:
Hmmmmm, I'm a beta tester for thier AntiSpyware, they have an unreleased
version. A button appeared "Upgrade OS". It uninstalled WINDOWS .. and
left me with something called Linux. What's up with that? But, I have no
spyware, no popups, no phoning home to MS, I kinna like this Linux
thingy.
* Un autre répond:
Really? When I clicked it, it turned my PC into a Mac.
:-) Bien à vous,
--
Yves Schintgen <sevy(a)vo.lu>
On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 09:40 +0100, Brent Frère wrote:
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/01/microsoft_antispyware.html
Wednesday, January 19 12:00 AM ET
Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool
Removes Internet Explorer
By Brian Briggs
Many Microsoft Windows users who downloaded the recently released
AntiSpyware program from Microsoft, or had it installed through an
automatic Windows update, woke up to a surprise. Unintentionally, the
heuristics of the software detected Internet Explorer as spyware, and
removed the program from their systems.
AntiSpywareMicrosoft has pulled the program from its website until the
problem can be corrected. Elias Weatherbee, a Microsoft
representative, said the program was "only in beta" and that "a fix
was forthcoming."
"It shows how powerful our AntiSpyware program is," said Weatherbee.
"Not only is it able to remove spyware from the system, but also the
source of most spyware. Our competitors can't match that."
A representative from Lavasoft, which sells Ad-Aware another spyware
removal program, complained that Microsoft was using its monopoly and
knowledge of the operating system to "offer features that others can't
match."
"Tough shit," said Weatherbee.
Many computer users did not view this new "feature" positively. "I
tried to check the weather this morning and all my little blue 'e'
icons were missing. I couldn't get to the Internet at all. I guess
I'll have to get a new computer," said Windows XP user Graham Newton.
Related News
Microsoft Announces Ads for Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft Granted Patent for Creating Insecure Software
Microsoft Bundles Worm with IIS
Users of alternative browsers were happy to see Internet Explorer
gone. Thad Freeman of the Mozilla Users Group said, "I've been trying
for years to get rid of Internet Explorer. I never imagined that
Microsoft would do it for me. I'm ecstatic."
Microsoft technical support was advising customers to reinstall
Windows to regain Internet access and to disable automatic updates.
Symantec Antivirus Research reported that virus sightings were down by
95% this morning.
--
Brent Frère
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