Microsoft Enters the Anti-Spyware game...

Updated 03-May-2005•Originally posted on 17-Feb-2005 by Joe Pruitt F5

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Looks like Microsoft has made their first release from their recent acquisition of Giant Company Software. They have made available a beta release of their upcoming Windows AntiSpyware software which it seems is going to be free when it is released.

If you haven't run a anti-spyware program lately, I'd highly recommend it (this one or any other of your choice). I thought I was totally clean because I am very tight on what gets installed on my computer, yet I found the ELogList for Windows NT/2K (Trojan) on my XP Laptop!

You can download it HERE

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Comment made 17-Feb-2005 by Dan Griffin 0

Have you noticed how much the real time scanning impacts performance? It hit my system hard enough that I disabled it.

Comment made 17-Feb-2005 by Joe Pruitt F5

I just installed it today but haven't noticed any issues with performance. Maybe it's that my laptop is too slow to begin with that the impact is negligible relative to the normal performance of it...

Comment made 16-Sep-2005 by Joe Pruitt F5

I guess it depends on the speed of your machine. I do notice it a bit but haven't gotten to the point of turning it off. Hopefully they will work on performance issues before the final release is put out. Otherwise people will not end up using it.

-Joe