Free AntiSpyware from Microsoft

[hoyandhope]

You\'ll be surprised at the amount of rubbish that this bit of software can clean off your PC. It found 44 bits on my machine and I thought that the two antispyware programmes I already had on were doing the business.

In Microsoft\'s own words:

\"Spyware is a general term used for software that performs certain behaviors such as advertising, collecting personal information, or changing the configuration of your computer, generally without appropriately obtaining your consent\".

Here\'s the link:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

This is a Beta (test) version but seems to work just fine

[mark]

there\'s 3 things that you don\'t see very often in the same sentence: free, anti-spyware and microsoft

[alan]

Just started using this program,highly recommended,it has some excellent features on it as well,as Mark says its not very often you get something for nowt off Microsoft

[mark]

bet it doesn\'t inform you about microsoft\'s own spyware though!

[alan]

na,just looked Mark could\'nt see any pmsl

[alan]

Mark you\'ve got a thing about Microsoft have\'nt you lol

[Paula]

hoyandhope said;
You\'ll be surprised at the amount of rubbish that this bit of software can clean off your PC. It found 44 bits on my machine and I thought that the two antispyware programmes I already had on were doing the business.

what two bits of antispyware are you running anyway? is it adaware and spybot search & destroy?

[hoyandhope]

I must admit that I was surprised as well when I saw this free MS software. Maybe they\'ve responded to real life where loads of free spyware catching software\'s available from other sources. Needless to say there\'s probably a price to pay longterm and I suspect that Mark\'s probably right about Microsofts\' own spyware being dumped on your machine! Having said this I\'m still impressed with it\'s ability to catch things that the others don\'t.
Paula, you are right about the other two products I\'ve used, they are indeed Adaware and Spybot (both free to download as well). Used in combination with the MS product they seem to catch most things, although I am thinking about getting rid of Spybot.
What I\'m really looking forward to is the day when Norton get their act together and Internet Security can catch spyware as well!!!


A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work.

[alan]

Yes Paula,plus spyware blaster,Registry Mechanic is good as well

[alan]

CW Shredder and Hijack This

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

I use Adaware and Spybot as well ...god how much do you need these days lol ,I\'ve got Zone alarm Pro suite which has everything and it\'s still not enough .