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Two Reviews of Microsoft AntiSpyware
jasondubya writes "PC Magazine released their review of Microsoft's Anti-Spyware Beta 1. While they agree with most that it has great potential, it has yet to take over their top spot. In an informal test, it removed about two-thirds of the spyware detected and blocked about fifty percent of the threats they attempted to install. After removal, they ran Webroot's Spy Sweeper 3.0. It was able to detect '900 traces of 48 distinct threats still present, including two keyloggers and three Trojans.' With that, it looks like Microsoft still has work to do before they are on top of the market." Several other readers sent in link to Mossberg's review in the WSJ.
need to make a correction there at the end ...
With that, it looks like Microsoft still has a few more companies to buy before they are the market."
vodka, straight up, thank you!
No spyware is really finished until can uninstall windows, 0 out your drive, then kick you in the ass for being such an idiot before it melts down all the chips on your board.
2 days and 500 pieces of spyware already? One must wonder exactly what kind of sites you're browsing to get that kind of infestation.
Their anti-spyware software doesn't work on older versions of Windows. Poor ol' me with WinME will continue to use measures that work on older versions of Windows.
Don't worry about it, it is getting to be so difficult to target older versions of Windows with the new APIs and development tools that even the adware guys will probably just throw up a dialog asking you to upgrade to XP before they can install their spyware. So you'll be sittin' pretty with your WinME install!
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