On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:42:33 GMT, "Kerry Brown"
<kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote:

>Far Canal wrote:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10...kes_mvp_award/
>>
>> Microsoft has pulled a developer award to a programmer linked to
>> adware distribution one week after granting the accolade.
>> Cyril Paciullo, the developer of Messenger Plus and Messenger Plus
>> Live, lost his Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) endorsement after
>> critics pointed out that the software had been used to distribute an
>> ad-ware program called Lop as well as its overt function of allowing
>> IM users to stack chat windows. Security experts said that handing
>> Paciullo an award made a mockery of the MVPs program
>
>That's old news. His award was pulled.

I heard they pulled the award.