Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 17th Oct 2009 12:45 UTC
A little over two weeks ago, Microsoft released Microsoft Security Essentials, a security software suite protecting users of Windows against malware and viruses. The company has released data about the number of downloads and fixed infections, and the results are encouraging.
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Because when Windows Update runs each month, it runs the MSR (Malicious Software Removal) applet that searches for and cleans out malware in the most obvious places (i.e. a quick scan, not a full blown scan), and that sends statistics to Microsoft, even without the user joining SpyNet.
Really, it's only the privacy policy that prevents any software from reading data and sending it to the developer of that software over the internet (uless a firewall is disallowing it).