You can bet your bacon rolls on it. It is very much true! And thanks to PaperGhost (a blogger here) for the heads up!

What is the Microsoft MVP Award I hear you ask? Well check the Overview out! We ourselfs have a few registerd members in our forum with this award. But non of them push adware.

Unlike new MVP, Patchou AKA Cyril Paciullo (look towards the bottom), creator of Messenger Plus. Which contains an add on you can use for MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger and the like. A sponsor feature it’s called! And that comes bundled with LOP. A very big annoyance with computer users. And mostly helpers!

Ok so there is an option to not install the bundled software. However it is still included! And in my eyes still classifieds as adware! He also blogged about him getting awarded.

Although I am not a MS MVP. This site certainly is an ASAP member and would never come bundled with adware in any shape or form. Or even pop-ups.

Whatever way you look at. The award has gone to someone who has a software bundled with adware! And Microsoft have messed up!

Even VirusTotal, used by Microsoft, detects the program in question as threat-c. Have a gander here.

Even though the MVP section is different. Many window security MVP’s have expressed their worry about this. And I don’t blame them.

/Rant over - before I go. You can always rant & rave about it in our forum.

More Coverage:- SunBeltblog - Digg.com - And there are many more who have covered this. However if you have a digg account. Help spread the word and digg it with the link above.