Is WGA really a spyware program How are you Warrens I was wondering if you knew much about the Microsoft WGA program I know there are a lot of people who think this program is spyware My understanding was that it could be classified under this category because of how Microsoft destributes it as a critical security update on Windows Update Not to mention the stories I have heard about the tool phoning home to Microsoft on a regular basis One other strange thing that I have been hearing from my friend about is people going and validating their PC on the Microsoft Download Center to access a downolad After the download is complete they run an antispyware program and find that the WGA validation tool has caused a Browser Hijack attempt I do not know if these stories would be good material for the WGA article here on Wikipedia I am still searching the web to see if I can find evidence to back some of this up I was also wondering if you had heard any of these strange stories yourself Please respond on my talk page and tell me what you think