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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. That's been out for a long time - "Uninstall IE" by msauve · · Score: -1, Redundant

    How hard is that?

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    "National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
  2. Why dont they just fix IE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Its funny they buy an spyware removal tool, when they could really just fix the issues that plague us.

    But no...

    1. write a crappy browser
    2. Buy Spyware removal company
    3. Profit!

  3. Re:Information and Release by BoldAC · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Alex, I appreciate the link to tech-recipes, I need the traffic. :) But I'll save myself some bandwidth and just post the links here for you guys. :)

    Direct Download Link from Microsoft

  4. Validation by clinko · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You have to validate (Send your Serial Number) to microsoft in order to download this.

    I've never seen this before for a microsoft download and hope it isn't a growing trend. When is the last time you knew where your product key was?

  5. Yay I found spyware! by sparkie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Microsoft AntiSpyware has found spyware on my system! Guess it's time to uninstall that evil RealVNC program I use since it's spyware. Thanks Microsoft, all this time I thought it was a cool program!

  6. Re:supported versions of windows: by mislinux · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If this was the case, if it was completely a non-technical issue, then shouldn't microsoft distribute a guide of something to outline WHY people get spyware or how to avoid it. I haven't seen anything like that....