Comments on: Microsoft to buy Claria?

By: Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

If I didn’t know any better I’d think it were April Fools Day.

By: Gary and the Samoyeds

Gary and the Samoyeds — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Yelp! I use UNIX every day at work and absolutely DESPISE it, but if this deal really goes through, I’ll have to seriously consider wiping Winders and installing linux on My home computer.

By: Zaine Ridling

Zaine Ridling — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

It HAS to be latter, right? I can’t imagine Microsoft wanting this criminal corporation except to dissolve it once and for all.

By: Eirik Solheim

Eirik Solheim — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I just did a search for “gator” in Google. This is hit number one:
“PC Hell: Gator Removal Instructions”

Microsoft to buy them? Please tell me it’s a joke!

By: john sexton

john sexton — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

if gator is so hard to remove, this would make it just what the folks in redmond would want. then their crappy products would be on your computer forever.

By: Chris Beck

Chris Beck — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

The idea of Microsoft using some of it’s monopoly money to “buys the company, fires everyone involved with it, has their buildings exorcised, and rewrites every line of code in their product” sounds great!

By: john p

john p — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Ed’s part solution…

“…..has their buildings exorcised”

Maybe ….but evil electon activity is possibly the real devil rather than evil spirits…

We need to coin a new word to fit the cleansing
of places of electronic evil.

By: TechBlog

TechBlog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Report: Microsoft to buy spyware purveyor?

Remember what I said in an earlier post about Microsoft not being stupid? If this story in the New York Times is true, scratch that. For the last two weeks, Microsoft has been in talks to buy a private Silicon…

By: Todd Kitta Unleashed

Todd Kitta Unleashed — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft in the Spyware Business?

I’ve seen a couple people talking about the negotiations going on between Microsoft and Claria (the bastards who made Gator). The sentiment seems to be that this will hurt Microsoft’s image. I failed to see this quote from the article…

By: www.eirikso.com

www.eirikso.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Now this is scary!

Ed Bott: Microsoft to buy Claria?. “The company that Microsoft has pursued is controversial: Claria, an adware marketer formerly called Gator”

Gator, the mother of all horribly intrusive marketing tools. And Microsoft consider to buy it!?

This is h…

By: Things That ... Make You Go Hmm

Things That ... Make You Go Hmm — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft + Claria = Microhysteria

Today rumours are cooking all over the place that Microsoft is in talks — and has a $500 million dollar offer on the table — for buying Claria, the company once well known for the hard-to-get-rid-of abomination known as Gator. They have b…

By: Spyware Warrior

Spyware Warrior — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Antispyware “Ignores” Claria

It’s true. Microsoft Antispyware detects Claria’s adware still but the recommended action is set to Ignore. I first learned of this at Calendar of Updates in a post by Donna Buenaventura, another Microsoft Security MVP. I downloaded some Claria …

By: ReveNews: Wayne Porter, Sr. Director Greynet Research

ReveNews: Wayne Porter, Sr. Director Greynet Research — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Conflict of Interest 102- Microsoft Negotiating with Claria

Thanks to a Revenews Reader for calling this to my attention. According to the New York Times. For the last two weeks, Microsoft has been in talks to buy a private Silicon Valley company, a move that underscores just how eager Microsoft is to catch up …

By: Newsome.Org

Newsome.Org — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Proof Postive

That if enough people blog loudly about an issue, they can make a difference.

Microsoft was rumored to be negotiating to purchase Claria, a company that has been associated with spyware. Everybody from Ed Bott to Dwight Silverman wondered why Miscro…

By: ReveNews: Wayne Porter, Sr. Director Greynet Research

ReveNews: Wayne Porter, Sr. Director Greynet Research — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Conflict of Interest 102- Microsoft Negotiating with Claria