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Story: Microsoft AntiSpyware: Is it worth bothering with?
Posted by: Arthur B. (Thursday 17 February 2005, 11:19 PM)
Well, I've seen this Microsoft AntiSpyware in action.
First of all, I have my doubts about the License Agreement that comes with this product but then I'm not a laywer.
Also, on a perfectly clean machine (checked by pro's) it claimed to have found XferPro based on nothing but registry keys (no executable found) that have nothing do with XferPro.
That's not hopefull but then this is still beta software. But that might be a reason why Microsoft AntiSpyware finds things that others do not.
Other then that this Microsoft AntiSpyware seems no better then the more proven solutions already available out there. With the exception that Microsoft AntiSpyware falls into the category of nagware as far as I'm concerned because it keeps on popping up questions for as long as the user doesn't comply with what the program thinks is best. As such I wouldn't recommend putting beta software into production. Certainly when there are more experienced and proven solutions out there that don't nag as much.
Full Talkback thread
Story: Microsoft AntiSpyware: Is it worth bothering with?
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Is it worth bothering with? You bet!
I use Ad-Awar... Chris Nixon -
Chris, strange that your anti-virus software... Arthur B. -
Not sure how it got past AV, I think I m... Chris Nixon -
Interestingly Spybot detects "Avenu... Anonymous
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Try runnning it on a PC that's been connected to t... chris
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I am a techie, and manage about 500 customers. Th... Grant techie
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I installed the Beta MS anti spyware on Jan 9... Ashwin
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Well, I've seen this Microsoft AntiSpyware in acti... Arthur B. -
This "review" was so lame i laughed!
it was good i... Myles
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I tried the BETA for about 2 weeks and was unimpre... Anonymous
