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Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta Due 6th January | |
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| Time: 15:38 EST/20:38 GMT | News Source: Neowin | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Our friends over at NeoWin have posted some exclusive screenshots of Microsoft's upcoming Anti-Spyware software. Check it out! Microsoft has just finished distributing an internal Beta 1 escrow build to internal beta testers. "Atlanta" is the code-name for Microsoft's rehashed GIANT Software Anti-Spyware. In a memo internally, the company looks clear to distribute the software this coming Thursday calling it "new, it's fresh, and it's all good". Encouraging employees to install the Beta is one of the many ways Microsoft tests Beta products internally. It's not clear whether the release this Thursday will be a public beta or a private external beta. | ||
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| #1 By 16797 (65.48.183.157) at 1/3/2005 4:37:21 PM |
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SP2, antispyware.. all there. The best desktop OS has just become even better.
Say what you want, but MS is doing great job recently. Good job Microsoft, indeed. |
| #2 By 37 (24.183.41.60) at 1/3/2005 6:15:20 PM |
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From Giant's website:
"How is the GIANT AntiSpyware product that I purchased different from the free beta version that Microsoft will be introducing? The Microsoft anti-spyware beta product will not support Windows 98SE / ME / NT (with SP 3, 4, or 6a). Beta product users will not have access to Online Support and will receive product updates for a limited time period. As a currently licensed customer of GIANT Software, Microsoft will continue to: Support Windows 98SE / ME / NT (with SP 3, 4, or 6a). Provide product updates to you through the length of your subscription period. Offer access to Online Support, which can be requested by product through the Support page. When you fill out the Online Support Request Form, please note that you will need to input your registration key to verify that you are a currently licensed customer. " |
| #3 By 1401 (69.40.40.185) at 1/3/2005 9:29:33 PM |
| This has disaster written all over it... |
| #4 By 415 (68.54.28.118) at 1/3/2005 9:56:13 PM |
| Really? Why don't you enlighten us then, Chris? |
| #5 By 8556 (12.217.111.74) at 1/4/2005 12:38:26 AM |
| chris: Giant's anti-spyware is one of the finest, if not the premier, anti-spyware software programs on the market. It finds and cleans more deeply embedded spyware than any other anti-spyware program and does so at a very rapid speed. I was very surprised that Microsoft purchased Giant. After all, their purchase a year ago of the miserable RAV anti-virus software was so poor it was almost scary. This recent purchase fo Giant is a 180 degree turnaround that redeems MS for now. |
| #6 By 12071 (203.217.26.160) at 1/4/2005 1:23:49 AM |
| #5 Perhaps he meant that this is just going to invite potential law suits from other 3rd party companies producing anti-spyware applications, especially if Microsoft decide to bundle it as a core component of Windows. If not then he'll have to explain it himself. |
| #7 By 2960 (156.80.64.203) at 1/4/2005 8:51:53 AM |
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Looks pretty much like a Search & Replace Job. Out with "Giant", in with "Microsoft".
TL |
| #8 By 2960 (156.80.64.203) at 1/4/2005 8:52:29 AM |
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#1,
It would be even better if they would plug the holes so it didn't get there in the first place :) -Larry |
| #9 By 16797 (65.48.183.157) at 1/4/2005 10:51:43 AM |
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#9
Well.. what holes? Should Windows stop you from installing software on your computer? Face it, spyware comes bundled with other (free) software such as Kazaa, Download Accelerator, etc. Install Photoshop, Autocad, Office, Corel, etc. --- you will get no spyware. |
| #10 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at 1/4/2005 11:31:53 AM |
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WOW this is great:
Step 1: create insecure OS Step 2: give default user system admin rights Step 3: wait for virus and spyware writers to exploit this combination Step 4: sell anti-virus anti-spyware software Step 5: ??? Step 6: profit |
| #11 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at 1/4/2005 11:35:10 AM |
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"Should Windows stop you from installing software on your computer?"
Yes. The default user shouldnt have admin rights. If a user wants to install software on the system he should be promted for the admin password or some other method that protects the system. "Face it, spyware comes bundled with other (free) software such as Kazaa, Download Accelerator, etc." Hey there n00b. Glad you want to join the discussion. Next time educate yourself first before you spout out remarks that make you look stupid. This post was edited by tgnb on Tuesday, January 04, 2005 at 11:39. |
| #12 By 16797 (65.48.183.157) at 1/5/2005 3:48:01 AM |
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#13: Indeed.
#12: The point here is: make sure you know what you're installing on your system. Yeah, l33t haxOr.. get educated - about the real world. This post was edited by gonzo on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 at 03:54. |
| #13 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at 1/5/2005 8:59:34 AM |
| gonzo, in the real world, spyware infections come from many other things besides being bundled with freeware. |
| #14 By 16797 (65.48.183.157) at 1/5/2005 11:14:16 AM |
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Well, I'm not so sure about it.
(As I said, well-known software such as Photoshop, Nero, AutoCAD, Office, MasterCAM, etc, etc -- does not come with spyware. In my experience people get spyware by installing those free-and-fancy toolbars, Kazaa-like programs, etc.) Can you give me an example? This post was edited by gonzo on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 at 11:58. |
| #15 By 2960 (156.80.64.203) at 1/5/2005 1:27:45 PM |
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#10,
Sorry, but you are NOT up to date on the current state of Spyware if you think that it only comes from installing Apps. TL |
| #16 By 2960 (156.80.64.203) at 1/5/2005 1:30:20 PM |
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" Well, I'm not so sure about it.
(As I said, well-known software such as Photoshop, Nero, AutoCAD, Office, MasterCAM, etc, etc -- does not come with spyware. In my experience people get spyware by installing those free-and-fancy toolbars, Kazaa-like programs, etc.) Can you give me an example?" Well, that's part of the problem. Drive-By installs do not announce themselves, the user never see's it, and never knows it happened until the first nudie pops up on their screen. TL |
| #17 By 16797 (65.48.183.157) at 1/5/2005 2:36:05 PM |
| OK, can you give me an example? |
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