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Review of Microsoft's Anti-Spyware Tools
happyslayer writes "Matthew Fordahl has written a review of Microsoft's anti-spyware tool and has declared it, in a word, 'ineffective.' Though the methodology isn't carried out completely (he uses another anti-virus program after trying MS's tool, but doesn't do the same with the anti-spyware tool), it's a fairly good anecdote on the MS product's usefulness."
I belive that this has been taken to a point that is uncontrolable. Why must the modeI believe that this has been taken to a point that is uncontrollable. Why must the moderator's continue to let more stories on Microsoft Anti-spyware? Since this new ms app ahs been released there has been around 5 stories not including this one just about Microsoft Anti-spyware. Slashdot used to be my place of news and information; lately it has become the portal of miss-information and duplicate post. Recently I have seen more and more double triple and even quad stories on the exact same thing. Take just recently the article of the apple flash based iPod , a story was posted today with a link to the disassembly of the device. Well Slashdot readers on the 17th of this very month that link was in another story. This constant double to quad posting of stories has driven me to the point of not refreshing this page every hour at work, (yes I have a boring job). I know that if I go one day with out reading Slashdot that I have already read between 30%-50% of the articles already. If any high up moderators read this please do not take this as offense I find this site of great use every single day, I personally would just like to see the double posting to stop. (END RANT)rators contun
I couldnt agree more... it IS still beta. Since Microsoft obviously knows windows inside and out better than anyone else (ok, that's debatable), you'd think they would be able to make the most effective antispyware tool out there. Then again, it IS Microsoft... bloated software, bugs, etc... so who knows.
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Micros~1's tool is supposed to remove spyware and some of the most spread viruses
Micros~1's tool is a SPYWARE product, not a antivirus. The review critizes micros~1 for not removing viruses. Oh, what surprise. What if he buys a antivirus instead of a antispyware product?
I decided to give their anti-spyware software a try, just to see how it faired against Ad-aware. I never got past the system detection routine because it demanded that I install Internet exploder 6. Since I use Firefox and Thunderbird this application was more or less useless to me, why it cannot use my default browser of choice is just plain silly.
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