Microsoft reveals its spyware plans
SOFWARE GIANT Microsoft, has released a white paper detailing how the anti-spyware it bought recently works.
According to Information Week, the white paper, with the catchy title "Windows AntiSpyware (Beta): Analysis Approach and Categories", tells the usual story about how things are not black and white and how people have to get used to seeing things in shades of grey.
When dealing with spyware, there is a lot of it out there that is neither bathed in the light of divine beauty or spending its holidays in the lower planes of hell, the paper said.
In other words, while the spyware might behave as if it has joined the darkside and put the appropriate face mask on, it might actually be benign and perfectly legitimate. We assume the reverse applies.
The Vole says its program looks at the type of software as well as the risk posed by the software when it makes recommendations to users about actions they should take. "The user ultimately makes the decision to keep or remove any software," the paper said.
