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Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware beta released
Update Jan 16 2005-Microsoft is supposed to be putting the finishing touches on it's spyware killer, recently aquired from Giant. Spyware is the hated software that is installed by many websites and applications and causes popups and can monitor users pc activity.
Nicolas Mirail, technical head of security at Microsoft France, told ZDNet France: "We are already in the process of internal testing of the beta version of the antispyware (program), which will be released to the public in January," he said. "No precise release date has been set yet."
The fantastic technology website, Neowin has posted screenshots and says the beta will re released Thursday.
It is still not fully known wether it will be bundled with Windows or sold seperate.
Update: Okay, it's official, you can download Microsft's spyware remover from here. I've read some pretty good reviews so far, so I'm actually kinda optimistic. Anything that can remove these spyware and adware app's better than adware or spybot, will be a godsend. But we shall see.
Currently we recommend X-Cleaner. They like removing spyware so much, if X-Cleaner won't remove it, they will talk you threw the spyware or adware removal over the phone! Use coupon code XBLO-C1EL-TWEN for 20% OFF X-cleaner!
Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta): System requirements.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
- A 300 MHz or faster processor with at least 64 MB of RAM
- Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server™ 2003
- At least 10 MB of available free space on your hard disk
- Internet access with at least a 28.8 Kbps connection to use SpyNet
Related articles from other news sites:
Exclusive: Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta Due 6th January Microsoft have 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".
Giant step for Microsoft spyware killer Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on its spyware killer, which is based on technology from a recently acquired company, Giant Software. The beta version is expected to debut in a few days.
Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta Takes Familiar Shape The first drop of Microsoft Corp.'s "A1" security sauce has been spilled internally and it's all systems go for a full-scale beta launch of an anti-spyware application within the next month.
A spokesperson for the software giant confirmed that a repackaged—and rebranded—version of the Giant AntiSpyware tool was released to employees for testing ahead of a public beta later this month.
"As part of its testing process, it is customary for Microsoft to first release the beta version of its product internally in order to gather further feedback before releasing publicly," the spokesperson told eWEEK.com.
Microsoft Spyware Acquisition Hits Ownership Snag Microsoft's big move into the anti-spyware business has hit an immediate speed bump, with questions swirling around a Florida company's claim that it co-owns the Giant AntiSpyware code—and all future definition updates—that Microsoft purchased earlier this week.
Sunbelt Software Distribution, which markets a spyware-protection application powered by Giant, reacted to the Microsoft acquisition with glee, but the software giant isn't so sure that Sunbelt's ownership claim is entirely accurate.
"This is fantastic news for us because we co-own the Giant code and all future definition updates," Sunbelt president Alex Eckelberry said in an interview with eWEEK.com. "We now get the benefit of the Microsoft research on anti-spyware to give us, bar-none, the best anti-spyware signature database on the market."
Terminating Spyware With Extreme Prejudice THE end of the year is a time when people sit down, rethink their priorities and sometimes change their ways. Some quit smoking. Others join a gym. I chose to erase my hard drive and reinstall my operating system.
Sure, it was a drastic move, but my two-year-old I.B.M. ThinkPad - equipped with a 1,000-megahertz Pentium III processor, a high-speed Internet connection and 256 megabytes of memory - was running about as fast as the Apple IIE I used in the mid-80's.
After six months engaged in mortal combat with spyware - parasitic software that tracks your browsing habits, sends out pop-up ads and can even send your private information to an organized crime ring in Guam - I had two options: shell out $1,200 for a new ThinkPad, or wipe my hard drive and start from scratch - a huge production with potentially cataclysmic results.
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