[plug] This is too good to pass up.

[Rowan Sutherland]

Well, I personally, along with a number of others have had Firefox and
MS Anti-Spyware running in tandem for some time without Forefox ever
being accused by MSAS of being spyware. After reading this thread, I
made sure my AS program was up to date (26/2/2005) and ran a full scan
again to see if firefox was picked up. It wasn't.

Then I went and searched google about the subject. All I could see was
another forum, referencing the same link from techimage.net, only there
were some suggestions that the picture might be a fake.

Then I searched Microsoft's forums to get more insight into the truth of
this picture. All I could find were mainly positive comments from
Microsoft developers and experts about the nice lightweight
functionality of Firefox. I also found this quote from one of
Microsoft's VP's (security products).

Mike Nash (Expert):
Q: I heard that there will be a patch to block Firefox? Is this true?
Why? People may choose there product. Is this not against the rules?
Other programs must have a chance I think.
A: This is absolutely not true. The choice of browser on a windows
platform is left to the user.

My honest opinion... Photoshop job... The picture is a fake.

Hate to ruin the party.

Rowan Sutherland


Alex Nordstrom wrote:

>On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 01:05, Evert van Dijk wrote:
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>>Alex Nordstrom wrote:
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>>>On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:41, Senectus . wrote:
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>>>>>On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 19:17, Brad Campbell wrote:
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>>>>>>http://www.techimage.net/files/antispyware.png
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>>>>You know.. With the detailed description in that window as to why 
>>>>firefox is "spyware" I'd go as far as to say that it was slander.. 
>>>>complete bastards
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>>>>
>>>I'd say it was merely a modest proposal for removal, the intentions 
>>>of which were swiftly overlooked by a surprising number of readers, 
>>>who, I suppose, all sat tired in class as various literary techniques

>>>were covered.
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>>I'd call a "very high risk threat" level more than a modest proposal 
>>for removal nevertheless Firefox comes with its own automatic security

>>update option.
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>And here I thought I was being too unsubtle.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
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