Not long ago Aunty reported to you about Microsoft’s new, free anti-spyware. Aunty thought that this wasn’t a bad idea.

However, over the course of the past few days, some people have come to believe that the offering is not so much an anti-spyware designed to help you, but rather an anti-pirate device, designed to help Microsoft crack down on those using bootlegged versions of Windows.

Of course, Aunty says that there is no reason that it can’t be both!

It is being reported that the way it works is like this (Aunty uses Macs, Linux, and FreeBSD, so is unable to verify this - if any readers have anything to report, please do!):

Users go to the Microsoft site to download the anti-spyware. When they click on the download link, however, rather than the anti-spyware program being downloaded…

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