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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on August 20, 2006, 09:14:03 pm

Title: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: Nemesis on August 20, 2006, 09:14:03 pm
Link to full article (http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/01/microsoft_antispyware.html)

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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.

Microsoft 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."


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Symantec Antivirus Research reported that virus sightings were down by 95% this morning.
Title: Re: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: Sarek on August 21, 2006, 12:53:05 pm
LOL  Hopefully the final version will remove Windows itself.  ;)
Title: Re: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: Commander Maxillius on August 21, 2006, 01:32:11 pm
sounds like it works too well!  ;D

next we need an "anti-virus" that over-writes Windows with the MacOS ;)
Title: Re: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on August 21, 2006, 02:53:47 pm
It's just getting to the root of the problem.
Title: Re: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: E_Look on August 21, 2006, 08:07:46 pm
Nemesis, this is not a joke, right?  :o
Title: Re: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: Nemesis on August 22, 2006, 12:24:20 am
Nemesis, this is not a joke, right?  :o

 :mischief:
Title: Re: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: KBF MalaK on August 22, 2006, 10:30:46 am
Link to full article ([url]http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/01/microsoft_antispyware.html[/url])

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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.

Microsoft 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."


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Symantec Antivirus Research reported that virus sightings were down by 95% this morning.




DAMN !! I had automatic updates disabled. You have a copy of the proggy ???
Title: Re: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: Darth Sidious on August 22, 2006, 10:32:05 am
Please note the date of the article.  That's all I'll say  :police:
Title: Re: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: KBF MalaK on August 22, 2006, 10:44:46 am
Link to full article ([url]http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/01/microsoft_antispyware.html[/url])

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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.

Microsoft 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."


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Symantec Antivirus Research reported that virus sightings were down by 95% this morning.




BAD Nemesis, posting a 6 month old article.
Title: Re: Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer
Post by: E_Look on August 22, 2006, 11:22:35 am
Nemesis, this is not a joke, right?  :o

 :mischief:

Oy.  I deserved that.  I should actually click on some of you guys' links for once...