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MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware -- a good combination?

A controversy has been raging in certain circles the last few days over a MVP award, which has now been rescinded, to an adware pusher known as Patchou, Cyril Paciullo, the author of Messenger Plus!, now known as Messenger Plus! Live. Ed Bott blogged about it here. Patchous devotees have...

Tags: Messenger, Lop, Patchou, Messenger Plus!

Blog posts 2006-10-09

Patchou IRC Log Viewer 4.53 (Windows)

Viewer of IRC logs from mIRC & Pirch. This program is freeware and bilingual (French/English). Use it to manage, filter, view, mask, delete your IRC chat logs. You can't imagine what you can do with this program. To try it is to adopt it.

Tags: IRC, Microsoft Windows, Patchou, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Internet

Software downloads 2004-01-08

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MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware -- a good combination?

MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware -- a good combination?It does make senseNow that Microsoft has entered the protection racket errrrr security business I mean, expect the makers of SpySheriff, CWS, Vundo, and Zango to recieve plaques and thank-you notes.RE: MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware -- a good combination?I...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Messenger Plus!, MVP Award, good combination, adware, Messenger

Discussion threads 2006-10-10

Microsoft gives adware pusher an MVP award

Microsoft gives adware pusher an MVP awardThere are two issues involved hereOne is the reality of Patchou's software, which is questionable at best.Even more important is the perception. This is a PR disaster for Microsoft and it's also a breakdown in its vetting process for MVPs. It took me less...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, MVP Award, adware, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-10-06

Microsoft gives adware pusher an MVP award

Update 7-Oct 2:30 PDT: In the Talkback section below, Microsoft MVP Carey Frisch reports:Mr. Paciullos MVP Award has been revoked. Once the MVP program learned and investigated the extent of the connection, they took action today (Oct 7th) to revoke the MVP Award from Mr. Cyril Paciullo. The vital importance...

Tags: Most Valuable Professional

Blog posts 2006-10-06