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Sneak Peek At Microsoft Anti-Spyware
Ant writes "Broadband Reports mentions Neowin's sneak peek of Microsoft's upcoming anti-spyware software recently acquired community favorite Giant spyware; Microsoft has code-named their re-hashed version of that software 'Atlanta.' It is currently in an internal beta test. There are screenshots of the application in action."
Warning: Firefox detected! - Internet Hijacker - Automatically deleted for your protection.
Sorry had to be said.
Microsoft Anti-Spyware. Isn't that like Sasser Anti-Virus?
err.. "bundle anti-spyware" my bad..
(Lives in Atlanta) - I just think it's funny. Sherman burned Atlanta (almost) to the ground. I just wonder if someone will name a piece of spyware Sherman and watch it raze Atlanta again....
THE SOUTH SHALL FORMAT AGAIN!
-B
What? Microsoft's anti-spyware software acquired a company? I wasn't aware software could own something, although you can certainly use software to own something - usually windows.
Editors, is it too much to ask that you edit?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
As a resident of Atlanta, I resent and am offended by this nomenclature. Where do I file my complaint?
And some malicious website will have an exploit which turns this anti-spyware into a remote code execution tool.
fast as fast can be. you'll never catch me.
"They won't be spying, because we will.
Oxymoron (n) A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Microsoft Anti-Spyware.
FUD. They also removed all the *nix variants from the "Create a new virtual machine" list. =)
The first one's always free.
Windows is not the answer.
Windows is the question.
The answer is "NO."
.. thousands of mallicious coders are linning up to grab a copy of their newest target.
"well MS created the market in the first place, so they should at least be allowed to profit from it :)"
Heh. Yep, just like Honda should profit from the car theft market.
"Derp de derp."
Exactly: the reason they bought Connectix, not VMWare, was that Microsoft and Connectix are both nine letter: they wouldn't need to deal with any pesky offset differences when they did a global search and replace...
Call me old fashioned, but I like a dump to be as memorable as it is devastating - Bender
"Just what exactly are they beta testing? I didn't expect them to have to really change much, but I guess I just expected them to change SOMETHING more than the name."
;)
They had to stop it from removing IE and Windows Media Player
All you have to do is advertise it correctly:
ur WIFE says she wants your big MOZILLA!
watch firefox PLUG every security HOLE at the same time
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It seems pretty obvious to me that the best way for Microsoft to eliminate spyware would be to take Firefox, rename it Internet Explorer, and be done with it.
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http://www.neowin.net/staff/creamhackered/atlanta
I thought Windows XP was spyware?
umm wouldn't you add microsoft in the untrusted zone if you knew who you can trust?
Will it remove Windows(tm) from my system?
"Doing what i can, with what i have." ~ Burt Gummer