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Microsoft Releases AntiSpyware Program

Posted by michael on from the solving-the-problem-it-created,-for-a-price dept.

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."

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  1. Doesnt seem to work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmm I ran this, but I still seem to have windows on my computer.

  2. Re:Lots of info left out of the summary... by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Funny

    the release is only a beta version, not a final release. That might explain the bugs.

    It's called Microsoft AntiSpyware. The first half of the name explains the bugs pretty well for me.

    Now, what I wanna know: Is clippy involved? "You are trying to clean your machine. Would you like to give us money?"

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  3. Re:Next Version of Windows.. by Aardpig · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this true? Can you link to a source?

    Sure, have a look here.

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  4. Re:What - no support for WinME ?!?? by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, not even WinME supports WinME.

  5. Re:Lots of info left out of the summary... by krbvroc1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    4. POTENTIALLY UNWANTED SOFTWARE.

    Is Microsoft coining a new term - PUS? My machine is infected with PUS.

    I can see it now...
    The following has been identified as PUS. You may choose to keep it, however Microsoft cannot guarantee stability if you allow it to remain installed. Do you wish to disable the following PUS?:

    Lilo - Identified as PUS