Apparently not all Spyware is bad....

Remember how great Microsoft's new Anti-Spyware product was supposed to be?

Microsoft's Windows AntiSpyware (beta) application is no longer flagging adware products from Claria Corp. as a threat to PC users. Less than a week after reports of acquisition talks between Microsoft and the distributor of the controversial Gator ad-serving software, security researchers have discovered that Microsoft has quietly downgraded its Claria detections. Anti-spyware activist Eric L. Howes, discovered the default changes during a recent test that included four Claria applications: Dashbar, Gator, PrecisionTime and Weatherscope. According to the results, four different builds of the Windows AntiSpyware detected the Claria products, but the default recommendation was "ignore." Prior to the recent tests, Microsoft's AntiSpyware tool detected Claria's products and presented users with a recommended action of "Quarantine."

But we're not surprised, are we?