O novo AntiSpyware lançado pela Microsoft classifica o componente WeatherBug, da AWS Convergence Technologies como espião com risco potencial de invasão de privacidade. O WeatherBug, componente do AOL Instant Messenger, rastreia a localidade geográfica do usuário para mostrar dados relativos à previsão do tempo.
Microsoft Corp.'s newly released anti-spyware is flagging a component of AWS Convergence Technologies' WeatherBug application as a threat to Windows users, prompting an immediate complaint from the Gaithersburg, Md.-based company.
WeatherBug, which ships with America Online Inc.'s instant messaging application, fetches temperature and weather-related content for users, but because it tracks a user's geographic location to personalize the data, Microsoft's spyware application is classifying it as a potential privacy risk.
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