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Microsoft flags CCleaner as Potentially Unwanted Application, deletes its files
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<blockquote data-quote="MacDefender" data-source="post: 896677" data-attributes="member: 83059"><p>Yeah I think the term Potentially Unwanted is starting to get diluted. It used to more or less mean spyware/adware — software that pretended to do something useful but in practice ends up either just showing you ads or harvesting personal habits or selling you other software.</p><p></p><p>Microsoft is trying to use the term literally, like software that you probably don’t want to use. It’s not much farther of a stretch for Microsoft to say that Ubuntu is PUA because attempting to install Ubuntu sometimes will mess up the Windows bootloader. Or maybe Chrome reduces your battery life vs Microsoft Edge so Chrome is a PUA.... Using your antivirus software to flag what Microsoft feels are undesirable utilities is going to raise a few eyebrows, even if we do believe the intentions are genuine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacDefender, post: 896677, member: 83059"] Yeah I think the term Potentially Unwanted is starting to get diluted. It used to more or less mean spyware/adware — software that pretended to do something useful but in practice ends up either just showing you ads or harvesting personal habits or selling you other software. Microsoft is trying to use the term literally, like software that you probably don’t want to use. It’s not much farther of a stretch for Microsoft to say that Ubuntu is PUA because attempting to install Ubuntu sometimes will mess up the Windows bootloader. Or maybe Chrome reduces your battery life vs Microsoft Edge so Chrome is a PUA.... Using your antivirus software to flag what Microsoft feels are undesirable utilities is going to raise a few eyebrows, even if we do believe the intentions are genuine. [/QUOTE]
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