First things first - this offer is being made to developers
at Microsoft or others associated with Microsoft's new
anti-spyware software.

I will not answer any individual questions asking how to
remove __ version of a particular spyware program. I can
tell each of you that you are not running the original
version of spyware on any of your computers.

I am the person who invented spyware. As a matter of fact,
spyware has been around MUCH longer than most of you
realize and in its' infancy, was released by a company that
is a member of Microsoft's MSDN program back in 1999.

Every version of spyware you see offered on the internet is
a derivative of what I created.

I am willing to help the developers of Microsoft's
Anti-Spyware team in their efforts - this includes offering
them a first hand view of the backend administration as
well as the source code for spyware.

I can think of no better way for your developers to come up
with a solution than to get a first hand view of what
spyware is actually capable of doing, seeing it in action
and access to source code.

If this offer meets with a positive response from those to
whom the offer is made - I will respond in kind with
contact information and we can go from there.

Richard

You invented spyware or anti-spyware software?

Just getting a rope ready based on your answer.



"RichardF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:083d01c5144d$e054fa70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> First things first - this offer is being made to developers
> at Microsoft or others associated with Microsoft's new
> anti-spyware software.
>
> I will not answer any individual questions asking how to
> remove __ version of a particular spyware program. I can
> tell each of you that you are not running the original
> version of spyware on any of your computers.
>
> I am the person who invented spyware. As a matter of fact,
> spyware has been around MUCH longer than most of you
> realize and in its' infancy, was released by a company that
> is a member of Microsoft's MSDN program back in 1999.
>
> Every version of spyware you see offered on the internet is
> a derivative of what I created.
>
> I am willing to help the developers of Microsoft's
> Anti-Spyware team in their efforts - this includes offering
> them a first hand view of the backend administration as
> well as the source code for spyware.
>
> I can think of no better way for your developers to come up
> with a solution than to get a first hand view of what
> spyware is actually capable of doing, seeing it in action
> and access to source code.
>
> If this offer meets with a positive response from those to
> whom the offer is made - I will respond in kind with
> contact information and we can go from there.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
>
>

LOL ... that's like someone claiming they invented a disease and is now
volunteering to cure it. I'm sure a great deal of the posters in these
NG's would love to "meet" this person.

Steve Wechsler (akaMowGreen)

MS-MVP 2004-2005
Windows Server - Software Distribution
Windows - Security

John wrote:

> You invented spyware or anti-spyware software?
>
> Just getting a rope ready based on your answer.
>
>
>
> "RichardF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:083d01c5144d$e054fa70$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>First things first - this offer is being made to developers
>>at Microsoft or others associated with Microsoft's new
>>anti-spyware software.
>>
>>I will not answer any individual questions asking how to
>>remove __ version of a particular spyware program. I can
>>tell each of you that you are not running the original
>>version of spyware on any of your computers.
>>
>>I am the person who invented spyware. As a matter of fact,
>>spyware has been around MUCH longer than most of you
>>realize and in its' infancy, was released by a company that
>>is a member of Microsoft's MSDN program back in 1999.
>>
>>Every version of spyware you see offered on the internet is
>>a derivative of what I created.
>>
>>I am willing to help the developers of Microsoft's
>>Anti-Spyware team in their efforts - this includes offering
>>them a first hand view of the backend administration as
>>well as the source code for spyware.
>>
>>I can think of no better way for your developers to come up
>>with a solution than to get a first hand view of what
>>spyware is actually capable of doing, seeing it in action
>>and access to source code.
>>
>>If this offer meets with a positive response from those to
>>whom the offer is made - I will respond in kind with
>>contact information and we can go from there.
>>
>>Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

Is that you, Al Gore? Stop inventing things!

>-----Original Message-----
>First things first - this offer is being made to
developers
>at Microsoft or others associated with Microsoft's new
>anti-spyware software.
>
>I will not answer any individual questions asking how to
>remove __ version of a particular spyware program. I can
>tell each of you that you are not running the original
>version of spyware on any of your computers.
>
>I am the person who invented spyware. As a matter of
fact,
>spyware has been around MUCH longer than most of you
>realize and in its' infancy, was released by a company
that
>is a member of Microsoft's MSDN program back in 1999.
>
>Every version of spyware you see offered on the internet
is
>a derivative of what I created.
>
>I am willing to help the developers of Microsoft's
>Anti-Spyware team in their efforts - this includes
offering
>them a first hand view of the backend administration as
>well as the source code for spyware.
>
>I can think of no better way for your developers to come
up
>with a solution than to get a first hand view of what
>spyware is actually capable of doing, seeing it in action
>and access to source code.
>
>If this offer meets with a positive response from those
to
>whom the offer is made - I will respond in kind with
>contact information and we can go from there.
>
>Richard
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.
>

As RichardF's reply in another group (.signatures?) points up, much of what
Microsoft Antispyware is removing is the product of commercial enterprise.
Some of these vendors are more supportive of the consumer who wishes to
remove their product than others.

If the vendor does have an uninstall application, which is both effective,
and not requiring PII to acquire nor adding further software to the system,
that uninstall is probably the best remedy.
--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Steve Wechsler [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> LOL ... that's like someone claiming they invented a disease and is now
> volunteering to cure it. I'm sure a great deal of the posters in these
> NG's would love to "meet" this person.
>
> Steve Wechsler (akaMowGreen)
>
> MS-MVP 2004-2005
> Windows Server - Software Distribution
> Windows - Security
>
> John wrote:
>
>> You invented spyware or anti-spyware software?
>>
>> Just getting a rope ready based on your answer.
>>
>>
>>
>> "RichardF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:083d01c5144d$e054fa70$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>First things first - this offer is being made to developers
>>>at Microsoft or others associated with Microsoft's new
>>>anti-spyware software.
>>>
>>>I will not answer any individual questions asking how to
>>>remove __ version of a particular spyware program. I can
>>>tell each of you that you are not running the original
>>>version of spyware on any of your computers.
>>>
>>>I am the person who invented spyware. As a matter of fact,
>>>spyware has been around MUCH longer than most of you
>>>realize and in its' infancy, was released by a company that
>>>is a member of Microsoft's MSDN program back in 1999.
>>>
>>>Every version of spyware you see offered on the internet is
>>>a derivative of what I created.
>>>
>>>I am willing to help the developers of Microsoft's
>>>Anti-Spyware team in their efforts - this includes offering
>>>them a first hand view of the backend administration as
>>>well as the source code for spyware.
>>>
>>>I can think of no better way for your developers to come up
>>>with a solution than to get a first hand view of what
>>>spyware is actually capable of doing, seeing it in action
>>>and access to source code.
>>>
>>>If this offer meets with a positive response from those to
>>>whom the offer is made - I will respond in kind with
>>>contact information and we can go from there.
>>>
>>>Richard
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>

The really amusing part of RobertF's post is that he most probably
actually believes in his own worth.

--
Regards,
Steve Moss,
CoCo Systems Ltd.

Some of you guys crack me up - entertaining if nothing else
and I'm leaning toward the "nothing else".

I apologize if you thought my intent was to try and impress
any of you - you were surely mistaken - though I could give
you the necessary patent information or fly a [MVP] next to
my name like Steve does if that were my intent (yes, I've
got one of those too).

Bill, you are correct that I did post in another forum
regarding another spyware and that retrieving an uninstall
utility directly from them is the best course of action -
but so few actually provide one. The majority of the
spyware out there is malicious in nature and the people
distributing it do not want you to find out who they are -
much less provide you with an uninstall utility.

That particular version is from a company in Canada - the
owner, Karl, was one of 6 of my original partners.

In any event, the offer is genuine and still stands.

So you did invent spyware and not anti-spyware. I could not tell from your
post.

What is your intent by asking here if MS is interested in you? Why not call
Bill himself and meet like Dave Cutler and many others after him? Why play
the mystery game in a near useless newsgroup instead of starting your own
software company to combat what you started and play both ends of this
nuisance?

Feeling responsible? Guilty? Broke?

What's your story?

I'm a curious person - i could care less about whether you would impress
anyone - I know the guy that invented chemlites and the guy who invented VCR
Plus - heck, I'm related to two presidents, so what. I'm curious about what
you are really trying to do here.

How about it - a mini-series right here, one post at a time.




"RichardF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:263401c5149f$db861400$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Some of you guys crack me up - entertaining if nothing else
> and I'm leaning toward the "nothing else".
>
> I apologize if you thought my intent was to try and impress
> any of you - you were surely mistaken - though I could give
> you the necessary patent information or fly a [MVP] next to
> my name like Steve does if that were my intent (yes, I've
> got one of those too).
>
> Bill, you are correct that I did post in another forum
> regarding another spyware and that retrieving an uninstall
> utility directly from them is the best course of action -
> but so few actually provide one. The majority of the
> spyware out there is malicious in nature and the people
> distributing it do not want you to find out who they are -
> much less provide you with an uninstall utility.
>
> That particular version is from a company in Canada - the
> owner, Karl, was one of 6 of my original partners.
>
> In any event, the offer is genuine and still stands.

Question for RichardF: Since Spyware has been around for
a long time, do you have any thoughts on why all the
focus now? I assume that well written Spyware will do
(and has been doing) its job without user involvement or
knowledge. I'm wondering if it is because system
stability is now affected?

I didn't have any doubt. I've passed the information on.
I would think you might have better results by contacting Microsoft directly
in a less public way.

Steve Dodson is certainly an appropriate person to make that contact. You
can see his contact information in these groups.

Jason Joyce would be another. His posts head this group. You need to
remove the extraneous word and dot in front of Microsoft to get the email
correct.
--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm