Microsoft Antispyware deliberately ignores adware

sra

Story here and here

Must say I've really started to like MSAntispyware over the past few months. But I did wonder how aggressive it would be when Microsoft were in charge of defining spyware.

I guess now we know *sigh*

It still detects the adware in question - but it recommends you ignore it rather than remove it

peter_the_piper

When they get around to charging us for the privelage of having spyware on our computers, M.Anti is for the bin. I'd rather pay someone else like counterspy if I felt that another prog was needed.
Peter

Wombat

I would never use MS Antispy program. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I don't like the idea of MS being in control of what is allowed on my PC and what isn't. I don't trust them, especially where big business and dollars are involved.

Ad-aware, Spybot S&D and Pest Patrol will do for me.