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to: Antti Kurenniemi
from: John Beckett
date: 2005-03-10 08:59:08
subject: Re: Is it possible to NOT get that malicious software detection tool

From: John Beckett 

"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote in
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> Yay, that's true. I don't really like the fact that windows update is now
> being used to deliver other stuff than updates as well. Why oh why can't
> they (MS marketoids I think) get their heads up their respective arses...

I sort-of agree, but Windows Update is the only mechanism that exists for
getting software onto computers and it does make sense to push a cleaning
mechanism out to the masses.

I just hope that it is really well tested and won't do crazy stuff on my machines!

Of course if I were a conspiracry theorist, I would also worry about what
might be suggested as Bad Software by this tool in the future.

John

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