Microsoft Malware Protection Center is making changes to classify a program as adware. Advertising as become the central source of income even in the tech field, so MMPC is making new criteria to identify them.
The programs that do not follow the new rules will be detected as adware and will be removed from the system immediately.
Here is the new criteria that MMPC is putting forward.
The advertisements that are opened by these programs must:
- Include an obvious way to close the ad.
- Include the name of the program that created the ad.
The program that creates these advertisements must:
- Provide a standard uninstall method for the program using the same name as shown in the ads it produces.
MMPC's new adware policy will come into effect on July 1, 2014, this will gives developers three months to make necessary adjustment their products.
Source: Microsoft MMPC blog
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