anybody tryed M$ anti-spyware?

Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
edited February 2005 in Science & Tech
im horrable anti-M$ but i was wondering if this was any good? i dont want it if it intagrates itself into windows after you install it.. iv had enough of that with my last install,uninstall,format ordeal with SP2.

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  • CrunchieCrunchie Mandurah. Western Australia. Member
    edited January 2005
    http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/01/microsoft_antispyware.html
    The "Minibug" component, which is the ad-serving component of WeatherBug, was classified as low-risk, and the Microsoft Spyware default is set to ignore it.

    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1749409,00.asp

    Have tried it when it was Giant and it had a few false positives. Still does, although there are experts at Castle Cops apparently lending their knowledge to the 'project.'
  • beregidberegid
    edited January 2005
    i'm testing it right now. i had cleaned my machine before in installed it. so i'm waiting to see if it finds any on the daily scan i scheduled. i am going to scan with xoftspy, hack-this, and pestpatrol to see if they find anything that it doesn't. so far so good.
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited January 2005
    why am i not suprised that it dosent work as planned :shakehead
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    i use it. I am sad to say its M$ only great product :thumbsup:

    I cleaned my machine with adaware fully updated and spybot fully updated and this still picked up 3 diff sywares
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    samething gnome

    and just a side note, WTF is with the $ sign, it's getting old.
  • ZanthianZanthian Mitey Worrier Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    I actually like the product. It actively monitors the system instead of just waiting for you to get spyware and then having to remove it.
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Access_Denied wrote:
    im horrable anti-M$ but i was wondering if this was any good? i dont want it if it intagrates itself into windows after you install it.. iv had enough of that with my last install,uninstall,format ordeal with SP2.
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  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    what he said ^^^^
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2005
    I use it; it's not bad. I didn't care to have it loaded 24/7, but that is easily fixed.

    The only word of warning I would give is that it kept nagging me to dump RealVNC until I told it to "always ignore" it. Keep an eye on what it spots as a baddie - it may be something you want.

    Let's move this to the Security Forum, since there are no doubt many others who would like to weigh in on this topic. :)
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited January 2005
    sorry for postin it in the wrong section, i didnt think about it as needing to be in this section :rolleyes: err maybe im just used to only posting in the pub? lol
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited January 2005
    There were a couple of previous threads on MS Anti-Spyware, formerly Giant Anti-Spyware, may give you some more info:

    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21367

    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25349

    Dexter...
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited January 2005
    well i see my predictions where about right on this. thats pretty bad when they had to have someone else make the core program then buy them out then they add there own stuff to it and it kills one of there own programs (IE) and the only fix for that is to reinstall :shakehead
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited January 2005
    Most major software companies got to where they are today by acquiring other software companies and getting the rights to their technology or products. This is not the first acquistion for MS, nor will it be the last. Let's just hope they make the thing work very well and help cut into the malware problem.

    Dexter...
  • RAFRAF
    edited January 2005
    I too have used it with satisfaction. The only problem, it seems, is that my free license expires at the end of July. I wonder how much the program will cost once the free license is up? If it's reasonable I will buy it as I too have found things with it that others have missed.
  • PaperghostPaperghost Toshogu Central
    edited February 2005
    RAF wrote:
    I too have used it with satisfaction. The only problem, it seems, is that my free license expires at the end of July. I wonder how much the program will cost once the free license is up? If it's reasonable I will buy it as I too have found things with it that others have missed.

    How much? I think there will be two versions, full and pricey and free and chopped-down. Good to see they're working on the bugs though.
  • Chris-ClarkChris-Clark
    edited February 2005
    Just wanted to say that I have found it very useful. It found a bunch of things missed by adAware and Spybot.
    I also like the continuous monitoring and the easy way to reset IE. All I need now is a way stop IE being continually reconfigured!
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited February 2005
    Chris Clark wrote:
    . All I need now is a way stop IE being continually reconfigured!


    One word: Firefox.....

    Dexter...
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    One Word: Run a spyware program with up to date defs, more than one (okay more than one word). I use IE and never have problems with it reconfiguring itself because I'm careful, FireFox isn't going to stop your spyware problems.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited February 2005
    except with firefox i dont HAVE to run a spyware program with up to date defs. now maybe thats just because im not a dumb internet user, but still. firefox has never done me wrong
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