July 19, 2005 05:19 PM

Microsoft Refreshes Windows AntiSpyware Beta

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Paul Thurrott
Windows IT Pro
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On Monday night, Microsoft began rolling out a new version of its Windows AntiSpyware beta product. While the new release is still technically described as Beta 1, the company tells me that it provides three areas of improvements over previous releases.

"This refresh provides additional new signature updates to customers; provides them with more information about programs and processes running on their PC; and solves an issue regarding the delivery of new anti-spyware signatures for some customers," a Microsoft representative told me Monday evening. Visually, the product appears to be virtually identical to previous releases.

Microsoft recommends that all Windows AntiSpyware beta users upgrade to the latest version of the software. You can grab the update manually from the Microsoft Web site, or wait until the software auto-updates.
http://www.microsoft.com/spyware/

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Beta or not, many nitwits (including some who troll here) think it should be perfect. Show me a program that is perfect, or bug-free. It's not possible. Programs are created by humans. Humans aren't perfect.

Anonymous User 7/21/2005 10:47:45 AM

To those saying that this software is 'useless' I would point out that it's extremely well done and, unlike other products, runs both in realtime, and preset autoscan. Yesterday, it caught a 'remote control'hack on a friend's (business!)computer -which was easily deleted. If it had stayed -he could have been in deep trouble.
It doesn't yet detect all forms of spyware -but hey folks, it's still in beta!

Anonymous User 7/21/2005 4:45:47 AM

"And all these conspiracy theories about MS "suddenly" downgrading their rating of Gator software are bogus: In January the AntiSpyware product detected the software, but you still had to ask it to remove the junk."

Uh, how does that make it bogus?

Microsoft changed the recommended action for one of the most notorious pieces of software to "Ignore" instead of "Remove," right around talks to purchase the company. Irregardless, it's a crappy anti-spyware product if it isn't going to even recommend removing Claria junk.

Anonymous User 7/20/2005 10:07:14 PM

According to Reuters, Mac marketshare went up to 5% just last year! With increased sales expected this quarter, it's goinåg to go up even more. Coupled with having 16% of the world's install base of computers, Microsoft is running for cover and abandoning .NET in Longhorn.

Anonymous User 7/20/2005 10:04:39 PM

Anyone else find it really hysterical that Windows is so poorly designed that its creator has to sell an anti-spyware package just to keep it clean?

Anonymous User 7/20/2005 10:02:13 PM

better then the widows game. find the virus.
or how about. run for your life, its MSBlaster.

Anonymous User 7/20/2005 8:49:46 AM

--" Its a game of first post just using Paul's favorite term. So go fu*ck yourself or play the game."--

Yes, let them play their game. Mac users only have like, what, six games to play on their Mac, and that is one of them...
*rotfl*

Anonymous User 7/20/2005 2:29:17 AM

>Hey, Yawn guy..........shut the *** up already!

I read your post. Then I yawned and went back to
bed.

Get over it. Its a game of first post just using Paul's favorite term. So go fu*ck yourself or
play the game.

Anonymous User 7/19/2005 9:58:42 PM

"Read it and weep Micro$oft fanatics"

Weep? Lol.

If I ever weeped from anything I read here, it would be a case of extreme pity for people like you :P.

Anonymous User 7/19/2005 4:01:03 PM

Oh boy... the unrelated inaccurate Apple spam begins...

Anonymous User 7/19/2005 4:00:31 PM

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