Re: Microsoft's WGA spyware again!
- From: "VanguardLH" <VanguardLH@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:03:33 -0600
"Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u6WpPOmPIHA.4136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In 2006 when Microsoft seems to have introduced its "Windows Genuine Advantage" there was an outcry by the public because it was discovered that this WGA was in fact spyware that called home to Microsoft on a regular basis. The outcry was such that Microsoft provided a way to uninstall it.
My PCs have been running XP for years and I have downloaded critical updates on a regular basis without WGA. But, in the last set of critical updates I could not download them without first having to download and install WGA. My Windows XPs are all legit and I have no problem with Microsoft checking that they are legit at the time of the critical update download, but I do have a problem with my PCs connecting to Microsoft at other times because there is no reason for that and it introduces additional risks.
Does anyone know anything about this new WGA installation? There seem to have been n o messages about it on the newslist after the 2006 ones and my questions on the general XP newslist go unanswered. Can the new WGA be uninstalled using the old uninstall tools? Does it call home like the old one did?
You are talking about the AX control used when visiting their web page, not the event that runs when you start Windows. Everytime you visit the WU site, it checks if you have the latest version of this AX control. It runs when you use their WU site. If you don't want it to run, don't do updates.
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