Microsoft Releases AntiSpyware Program

Nathan Weinberg writes "Microsoft released this morning Microsoft AntiSpyware, the product of last month's acquisition of GIANT. As I write in my report on my site, the program is very powerful, and certainly measures up to and may even beat Spybot and Ad-Aware. However, it's also pretty buggy, and Microsoft might have already sneaked in a pay subscription service."

Comments

Once again, the tragedy of the commons...

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Come on, we all know it's inevitable that MS will eventually start charging a subscription for updates for this!

We need every Windows machine to have up-to-date antivirus and antispyware software. That means reliable, automatic, free updates. Anything else leads to compromised boxes assailing everybody on the net.

Or they could just design their SW with security in mind so they don't need these band-aids in the first place.

Re:Lots of info left out of the summary...

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How do we know they will block certain malware at all? They will probably sell access to your computer to the highest bidder, but having their anti-spyware program not list paid-for programs. Conversely, they will probably get sued for blocking certain other programs, as "restraint of trade" or some such.