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