Is Microsoft caving already on Spyware rules?
Looks like MS gave in to the makers of WeatherBug when they complained about the Ad portion of their application, named Minibug.
“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. All the ads we serve are completely within the application. We've been at this since 2000, and we have millions of active, happy users," said Pete Celano, vice president of marketing at WeatherBug.
Funny, my recent home test of the new antispyware tool found this Minibug on my machine, and I gladly had it removed. Even funnier, I never installed WeatherBug nor AOL on my machine. Makes me wonder where I got it from? See more details here:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1749409,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614