[Full-Disclosure] FW: MS Antispyware makes deal to leave Weatherbug alone

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 And the money payoff begins..

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaynine [mailto:jaynine_tx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:48 AM
> To: Patch Management Mailing List
> Subject: MS Antispyware makes deal to leave Weatherbug alone
> 
> I read this rather disturbing article on another tech list. 
> Pardon me if someone here has already made reference to it.
> 
> --- j9
> 
> http://netrn.net/spywareblog/archives/2005/01/07/adware-vs-microsoft/
> 
> 1/7/2005
> Adware vs. Microsoft
> 
> It's started folks. WeatherBug Miffed at Microsoft's Spyware 
> Classification .
> 
> Microsoft Corp.'s newly released anti-spyware is flagging a 
> component of AWS Convergence Technologies' WeatherBug 
> application as a threat to Windows users, prompting an 
> immediate complaint from the Gaithersburg, Md.-based company.
> 
> It appears this dispute has been resolved already: A 
> Microsoft spokeswoman said the beta product included a vendor 
> dispute-resolution mechanism to deal with complaints from 
> third-party companies.
> 
> In the case of WeatherBug, the dispute-resolution process 
> paid immediate dividends. On Friday, the company received a 
> response from Microsoft with the good news that the current 
> signatures for Minibug will be removed.
> 
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