July 1, according to foreign reports, Los Angeles resident Brian - Johnson (Brian Johnson) days prior to Microsoft's court, saying Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage WGA is a spyware program.
According to British media reports, Johnson said in the proceedings book, in the case without telling the user, Microsoft through the system's "automatic update" feature in the user's PC, installed the WGA validation process.Moreover, the program every day to the Microsoft "report" once.
June 9, Microsoft admitted to the Microsoft WGA report once every day.However, Microsoft did not inform the user this point, it was the user's complaints.In response, Microsoft said, the current WGA validation process is still in the testing phase, the design of the feature is for security reasons.
For Microsoft's explanation, insiders said that this explanation a bit ridiculous.WGA validation process has been installed in a large number of PC machines, and Microsoft says that program is still in beta stage, but also to report daily to the Microsoft one, which is not understandable.
Forced by public opinion, Microsoft later said it would adjust the reporting frequency from once a day instead of once every two weeks.But this week, Microsoft once again said that the verification process is no longer every 14 days to report once, but only when the program after the upgrade, only reported once.
For Johnson's lawsuit, Microsoft spokesman said the spyware is installed without the user being allowed to drive in the PC with malicious purpose of deceptive software.The WGA is intended solely to verify the legitimacy of Windows systems.