Michael
Pattern Altitude
Microsoft has released its AntiSpyWare beta. get it while its free.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Greebo said:Spybot is excellent, but I have used MS Antispyware beta for some time (and if its released, its no longer beta...). It's an excellent addition to the "protect your pc" arsenal.
When it comes to virus and spyware protection, the best defense is A LOT OF DEFENSE.
So my strongly worded emphatic advice to all is ADD THIS TO YOUR DEFENSIVE LINEUP!
Lawreston said:I added it at about 0100 this morning; ran it, and it found/removed 8 items. I goofed off for another hour or so, was in another program and, suddenly at 0200 MS Antispyware kicked-in............................and found/removed 1 more item. No complaints, here.
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silver-eagle said:It does kind of make you wonder. Is it that M$ can't write software without security holes in it, or are other software creators just more ingenious?
AdamZ said:I have the MS Beta Spyware. It is ok but never runs automatically even though I set it to do so. I have been told to use a few programs. Has anyone ever heard of Ad-aware?
silver-eagle said:Like other M$ products, it does not work with other browsers.
silver-eagle said:It does kind of make you wonder. Is it that M$ can't write software without security holes in it, or are other software creators just more ingenious?
"Where's Baby?" You might be (probably will be) surprised at what is going on during your on-line connections. Download the MS AntiSpyware, or any of the other products out there and see how many folks are keeping track of what you do and where you go.Let'sgoflying! said:I don't have any spyware and I don't notice a problem.
ABCandJRC [b said:Steve[/b] Not to belabor the point because you saw the messages and I didn't, but did it say to uninstall the McAfee product or to temporarily disable it during installation? Many loaders recommend that. It may have also indicated that you should disable the Spyware option in McAfee. I run Norton and had no problems at all installing the MS product. You may want to try again and see if the notice is for a temporary or permanent change to McAfee and whether to a specific function or not. If it really called for an uninstall, I would do exactly what you did. But that doesn't sound logical to me.
ABCandJRC said:"Where's Baby?" You might be (probably will be) surprised at what is going on during your on-line connections. Download the MS AntiSpyware, or any of the other products out there and see how many folks are keeping track of what you do and where you go.
First, the member thing is OPTIONAL if you check the installation.Let'sgoflying! said:Hilarious! When you install the Defender, it says that you have to become a member of their Spynet community in which they get .......Information From Your Computer Activities!!
Isn't that what we are trying to avoid with...Defender itself!?!
I think I'll delete it, my harddrive is almost full.
Brian Austin said:ANY antivirus or firewall software won't function concurrently in a real-time environment. They are both trying to access the same resources at the same time and running into conflicts. It's an either/or situation, regardless of manufacturer.
Apples to oranges.Steve said:I don't get error messages running MS antispyware (beta 2) with the McAfee firewall installed and active. Or with AdAware or Spybot.
I lost situational awareness someplace along the line when the topic moved toward the OneCare product from Anti-Spyware. Sorry. I am glad you came back with this because I was just going to try to download from that WindowsOneCare site to find out if it gagged on Norton as well. That makes more sense, since it is trying to replace your general protection software.Steve said:I don't get error messages running MS antispyware (beta 2) with the McAfee firewall installed and active. Or with AdAware or Spybot.
This MS OneCare suite is an attempt to sell an all-in-one package with no options to select/deselect components. I can't believe MS would try to do that! [that's a joke in case you didn't catch it].
I'll wait until my McAfee subscription runs out in 2007 and revisit the product.