On Wednesday 16 February 2005 15:14, Mike wrote:
And that's precisely my point, to those users who are completely clueless to adware/spyware/malware, this is 'critical'... There is a security issue with spy/ad/malware, and yes, I agree, Windows, lol.
It might be a critical add-on, but it's purpose is not to fix security holes. This tool is designed to find 3-rd party spyware/adware. Is Windows Media Player critical? Nope, it's an add-on. Just like antivirus software. Is it fair practice if M$ was to bundle antivirus software, rating it as 'critical' security patches/fixes? No way.
It's not critical to you because you know you have choices, and are probably proactive in preventing these problems, you understand the problem and know you have choices. It's also not critical to the corporate users, where the IT department might/should already have a malware detection/removal process/system in place. I guess the contention is over the definition of 'critical' as M$ uses it, is this defined somewhere?
I see your and the OP's point, though... but I don't think if it was 'non-critical' that it would have gotten to those who really need it. Can it not be uninstalled, or atleast turned off (like the firewall) ?
Sure, it can be uninstalled. But then you will have automatic updates constantly complaining about updates available. I know you can disable certain updates, but not every user will know how to do this. -- Jake Sallee spark@breathdedeeply.com www.breathedeeply.com My Desktop: www.breathedeeply.com/screenshot.jpg Registered Linux User #358012 http://counter.li.org