Microsoft AntiSpyware thinks Firefox is Spyware 454
brightertimes writes "It seems that microsoft's new AntiSpyware
(beta) is now advising users to remove Firefox on
their computers.. A Zeropaid.com
thread
shows the offending screenshot
in action. Once your scanning has been done, if Firefox is found
on your computer it provides the user with a "high"
threat level and advising removal due to of lack of security
updates." CT Several users have noted that the screenshot is likely fake.
One Word. (Score:5, Informative)
Um, simply NOT true. (Score:4, Informative)
Slashdot got FARKed (Score:5, Informative)
Way to go Editor.
TACO IS AN IDIOT (Score:5, Informative)
WAY TO GO, TACO!
Re:Not true.... (Score:2, Informative)
I've been running the MSAS both at work and at home in conjunction with others (AdAware, SpyBot S&D, etc) along side Firefox 1.0 and Firefox 1.0.1
While it did presume RealVNC was initially a threat (until instructed to ignore it on subsequent scans), it hasn't barked at either of the FireFox versions.
Read (Score:5, Informative)
In the linked forum, the person who posted the image said so?
You F'ing moron editors... (Score:1, Informative)
You have got to be kidding me.
I have had firefox on my PC since I first installed MS Anti Spyware. It never came up identifying Firefox as a risk.
BTW nice GIMP or Photoshop skillz.
Go ahead Sladhdot lemming start your complaining and bitching without checking facts as usual
Re:Not true.... (Score:5, Informative)
Nice FUD post here... guess MS aren't the only ones to use FUD as a weapon, huh?
Clearly Fake (Score:1, Informative)
Shattered Glass anyone?
cookie for anyone who gets the reference
Re:Not true.... (Score:5, Informative)
I installed MS Antispy a month ago, and haven't had any problems with it. While I am not a fan of MS's tactics and use Linux on most of my boxes (this is a media center hooked to the TV, easier for Windows, to me) I find the program pretty good. Beat out Spybot Search and Destroy, which I have used for over a year before installing MS's app.
Because I run the scan every night, I have scanned with all the definitions, so my guess is that the article is FUD against MS, which is rather ironic if you think about it.
It's Fake, Here's Proof (Score:4, Informative)
Apps (Score:2, Informative)
Re:TACO IS AN IDIOT (Score:5, Informative)
Re:TACO IS AN IDIOT (Score:5, Informative)
The image was posted by grab_grab_the_haddock timestamped Yesterday, 03:56 PM
A few posts down the same guy posts Yesterday, 05:53 PM, 2 hours later: "Funny? It's absolutely priceless. Only MikeHunt would be stupid enough to so passionately debunk a blatantly photoshopped image which was put up for a joke. Hilarious."
He was wrong, Taco was even more stupid. I can't work out what timezones all these posts there and on slashdot refer to; but I'm pretty sure the follow up admission was there before it went up on Slashdot, not that anyone should have taken it at face value. I might believe a false positive for just about anything, but there is a description of Firefox there that no one at Microsoft would be stupid enough to write.
Re:TACO IS AN IDIOT (Score:5, Informative)
Here's the sticker [slashdot.org] story; here's the random number genarator [slashdot.org] story and this is the iPod shuffle [slashdot.org] link. Enjoy.
Re:TACO IS AN IDIOT (Score:4, Informative)
What the hell does it say for slashdot that this nonsense made it to their "news" pages? Just what kind of far out shit has CmdrTaco been smoking lately? Doesn't he even bother to check these things out before he posts them? Or even to read the frickin thread? Too funny.
btw..thanks to p2pforums for letting me rip their idea.
Re:It was a *mistake*, so fucking chill (Score:2, Informative)
The "mistake" cgrayson was talking about is the one our beloved Slashdot editors made by posting this story, not MS mistaking Firefox for spyware.
But it's soo easy to believe (Score:0, Informative)
problem.
Re:Jumping the Shark (Score:3, Informative)