Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Microsoft says Gmail is a virus
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> | It seems that Microsoft has started flagged Gmail as a virus in
> | their virus scanning software Windows Live OneCare. Many people
> | are reporting that every time they open Gmail, a warning is
> | displayed telling the user they are infected with "BAT/BWG.A".
> |
> | Now, either Gmail is a virus, or Microsoft is generating false
> | positives. Some affected by this "virus" say other anti-virus
> | products do not pick up the infection -- to me, this is a bit
> | suspicious.
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> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/index.php?p=386
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> Similar stories emerged in the past. Contrariwaise in fact, spyware
> software that Microsoft acquired ceased to be identified as spyware.
>
> http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/07/07/1234217.shtml?tid=158&tid=172&tid=201
This was part of the Symantec battle with MS, why MS kicked them out,
because Symantec kept coming up with ways to block the spyware (and hence
spmmer/virus/worm etc based on the same code base) from running or getting
on to peoples machines. MS wants the pop ups and spyware, peoples PCs are
as good an advertising tool as a TV, so the money that can be raked in from
gathering marketing info and target selling is too much to ignore.
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