microsoft spyware remover

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[jrzofclay]

delete

[Izagaia]

Spyware is most often installed by people not reading license agreements or blindly clicking 'yes' to activx prompts for installs called YOU_MUST_INSTALL_THIS_TO_DOWNLOAD_YOUR_PR0N so it's not always the fault of security flaws.
The majority of spyware/malware infestations that I clear up are the fault of the users and nothing to do with the OS... Messenger Plus! is always a great money maker for me, and it fucking warns users about the shit it carries then asks if they want to install with or without it!

The lady has a valid point.


I cannot recall the sheer number of times that users at ThemeXP who would download their wrapped .exe files, then blindly run the applications without reading the agreements, unchecking the appropriate boxes, etc... just to get at the visual theme/screensaver/wallpaper file inside. Then blaming ThemeXP (who is not responsible for wrapping the file in the first place) when the wrapped .exe installs three to five known spyware applications that literally cripples their system.

Mind you, that reading a few of the forum posts or paying attention to what they were clicking "OK" to would have alleviated their woes on the spot. And they would have ended up with a clean download to boot.

[baccyman]

i think this is the giant anti spyware renamed by microsoft

[peat moss]

i think this is the giant anti spyware renamed by microsoft

Found this quote: Kaplan said the free version of Microsoft's new spyware-removal software will expire July 31 and pricing for future versions is still undecided. Rival anti-spyware tools, such as Lavasoft Inc.'s popular Ad-Aware product, offer similar functions to Microsoft's, and many are free.

Oh give me a break !

[4play]

flexbeta.net compares Microsoft's new spyware fighting tool, Windows AntiSpyware, to Ad-Aware and SpyBot S&D; the two leading spyware tools on the market today. The review sets up an infected PC using VMWare Workstation and scans the machine using all three tools to see which tool detects the most spyware. Though still in beta, Microsoft AntiSpyware does an amazing job at detecting spyware by finding twice as many infected files as Ad-Aware and nearly three times as SpyBot.

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[peat moss]

@4play Good find , didn't you mention slashdot earlier ?

[baccyman]

that is because what microsoft bought was a good product to start with

[Snee]

microsoft have just released the first beta of their spyware remover.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...n&Hash=5BMW635

meant to be pretty buggy. apprently microsoft are starting to include pay subscribtion for updates.

Is it really meant to be buggy, have they said that?

'co that would be the most honest ever they have been

[4play]

no microsoft would never admit to it being buggy. i read it on a few sites reporting about it but it seems to be untrue as everyone i talked to seems to like it.