Microsoft downgrades Claria adware detections
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft's Windows AntiSpyware application is no longer flagging adware products from Claria as a threat to PC users.
Less than a week after published reports of acquisition talks between Microsoft and the Redwood City, Calif.-based distributor of the controversial Gator ad-serving software, security researchers have discovered that Microsoft has quietly downgraded its Claria detections.
According to the results published by Howes, four different builds of the Windows AntiSpyware beta detected the Claria products, but the default recommendation was "ignore."
Prior to the recent tests, Microsoft's AntiSpyware tool detected Claria's products and presented users with a recommended action of "Quarantine."