Microsoft ANTI SPYWARE software

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
works a treat

six-toes wrote:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
> works a treat

Firstly you forgot to tell anyone it's in Beta testing (mind you what MS
product isn't) & secondly it works so well because it isn't directly a MS
product. All MS has done is bought out a small companies product &
repackaged it. Give them a couple of months/updates & it will be as equally
borked as most other MS products are & as such will not be trustworthy or
dependable, seeing that it is supposedly a security product...

On 16 Jan 2005 11:40:10 -0800, "six-toes" <(E-Mail Removed)>
strung together this:

>http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
>works a treat

I've just seen that somwhere else, but I can start XP bashing here
though.
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On 16 Jan 2005 11:40:10 -0800, "six-toes" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>works a treat

I've heard that it gives a lot of false positives.

Not used it myself, though.


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> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
> works a treat

Bearing in mind the deluge of 'crap' that accompanies any use of
Internet Explorer, I wouldn't touch any of their products in this line
with a barge pole!

"Dougal" <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
news:xfadnSRG-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
>> works a treat
>
> Bearing in mind the deluge of 'crap' that accompanies any use of Internet
> Explorer, I wouldn't touch any of their products in this line with a barge
> pole!

Well, six-toes (I wonder if thats true) is only bringing it to peoples
attention, you are not forced
to use it. Which browser are you using BTW?

Dougal wrote:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
>> works a treat
>
>
> Bearing in mind the deluge of 'crap' that accompanies any use of
> Internet Explorer, I wouldn't touch any of their products in this line
> with a barge pole!
>

The IT folk at work have banned it, they believe (right or wrong ? they
not the most reliable source of IT expertise) that when it goes to V1 in
July it will be on subscription and that it might not be easy to prevent
the beta from upgrading itself and demanding payment.

Hey sounds like it IS spyware !

Bill

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:03:28 -0000, "The Simpsons"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Which browser are you using BTW?


Firefox

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In article <csem3c$lat$(E-Mail Removed)>, Bill said......

> Dougal wrote:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
> >> works a treat
> >
> >
> > Bearing in mind the deluge of 'crap' that accompanies any use of
> > Internet Explorer, I wouldn't touch any of their products in this line
> > with a barge pole!
> >
>
> The IT folk at work have banned it, they believe (right or wrong ? they
> not the most reliable source of IT expertise) that when it goes to V1 in
> July it will be on subscription and that it might not be easy to prevent
> the beta from upgrading itself and demanding payment.
>
> Hey sounds like it IS spyware !
>
It is. Read the license, it sends info about your habits back to MS.

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"Bill" <ngaccount@gen_luncheonmeatbanned_sheet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:csem3c$lat$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dougal wrote:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
> >> works a treat
> >
> >
> > Bearing in mind the deluge of 'crap' that accompanies any use of
> > Internet Explorer, I wouldn't touch any of their products in this line
> > with a barge pole!
> >
>
> The IT folk at work have banned it, they believe (right or wrong ? they
> not the most reliable source of IT expertise) that when it goes to V1 in
> July it will be on subscription and that it might not be easy to prevent
> the beta from upgrading itself and demanding payment.
>

I look at it this way, free Anti Spyware software for my network clients
until Microsoft decide to charge for it. We don't have any other
anti-spyware software at the moment so it is sorely needed.

When it becomes chargeable I will review the effectiveness of the product
and if it has saved us time and money then licensing it could be a distinct
possibility. If the pricing is silly then we will look elsewhere but I think
it is more than likely Microsoft will charge no more than required to cover
their costs. It is their software that is insecure after all!

I wouldn't expect the beta to upgrade itself at all, in fact I would be
annoyed if ANY software updated itself without my say so, they will have the
desktops locked down and users shouldn't have permisssions to install
software themselves.
Andy.