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Sneak Peek At Microsoft Anti-Spyware

Posted by timothy on from the takes-one-to-know-one dept.

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."

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  1. Sample by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Warning: Firefox detected! - Internet Hijacker - Automatically deleted for your protection.

    1. Re:Sample by Zemran · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe they will simply fix IE so that it does not accept so much rubbish onto the PC and it will appear like this 'new' product is great.

      To me it seems like getting a broom to crack a nut. If you use the right tool (read Firefox) in the first place you do not need to sweep up the mess.

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    2. Re:Sample by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      How is IE a moving target at the moment? If IE stood still much more than it already is the apes will start to worship it as a monolith.

  2. Re:Ironic methinks. by beacher · · Score: 5, Funny

    (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

  3. Reads like a bad translation by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft's upcoming anti-spyware software recently acquired community favorite Giant spyware

    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?

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  4. Unacceptable! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a resident of Atlanta, I resent and am offended by this nomenclature. Where do I file my complaint?

  5. Wait two weeks... by SilverspurG · · Score: 4, Funny

    And some malicious website will have an exploit which turns this anti-spyware into a remote code execution tool.

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  6. Re:And the motto to go with it... by symbolic · · Score: 5, Funny

    "They won't be spying, because we will.

  7. Heh by bharatk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oxymoron (n) A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Microsoft Anti-Spyware.

  8. And so as I type this... by Incoming9000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. thousands of mallicious coders are linning up to grab a copy of their newest target.

  9. Re:How long until the EU considers this a monopoly by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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.

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  10. Re:wow... good job at nothing by jpetts · · Score: 4, Funny

    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...

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  11. Re:Hate to break it to Microsoft... by bcrowell · · Score: 4, Funny
    just tell that to the normal users that simply use their computer for pr0n
    All you have to do is advertise it correctly:
    • BARELY LEGAL web browser -- stops spam!!

    • ur WIFE says she wants your big MOZILLA!
      watch firefox PLUG every security HOLE at the same time
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