Microsoft gives MVP honors to Adware Spreader
TechWeb | at | by Mike
A developer who was recently awarded Microsoft's MVP status distributes adware with the software he creates, security professionals said Friday. Microsoft's own malware scanner pegs the MVP's software as a threat.
Cyril Paciullo, the creator of Messenger Plus -- an add-on to Microsoft's Windows Messenger/Windows Live IM client -- announced in a blog entry Thursday that he'd been given an MVP Award. Microsoft's MVP program honors developers and others who Microsoft believes made significant contributions to users in the past year.