Is Microsoft's new Anti-Spyware program any good?

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I find the new spywere as good and better than any i have used so far.And i have tryed most of them

A Washington Post story on Feb 15, 2005 says that the hackers are already at work coming up with schemes to disable MS-Spyware (a trojan horse in the first instance). When you load MicroSoft software you load the most attacked software in the world and instantly become a magnet for more problems. I'm going to pass on it, on that basis alone. It's too bad that this is the reality of life, but it is. I don't use MS-Internet Explorer for the same reason. Netscape, mozilla, etc. are much safer, if perhaps not quite as elegant, solutions.

The first scan with MS beta identified a few definitions that SpyBot and Adaware did not. So I removed the spyware removal tools I had used during previos months. After all who could know more than Microsoft? Bigger looked like it was better. Four months later my browser was succesfully hijacked via AIM. Beta identified the attack but didn't stop a half dozen attatchments. MS email support was slowly troubleshooting the problem. I began following step by step instructions leading to a HiJack This scan; My computer was loaded with more spyware than I have removed previosly. Each tool has some benefit over the others. I use them all. There may still be new spyware deffinitions that are yet to be identified. Beta edition is good and likely to get better.

had microsoft antispyware for 6 weeks other day froze my whole system up using 100% of my system nothing would work messed up my whole system two words for it it sucks

Hi,

Just wanna warn you about MS AntiSpyware. It's a bullshit and do not install it. I did and when I uninstalled it, I got a bad surprise: my internet explorer does not work anymore. Everytime I double-click on the IE icone, nothing happens. Also, I can't use MSN Messenger too. One more thing, Yahoo Messenger also does not work. Everytime I try to send an instant message, Yahoo Messenger closes.

A good advice, get Ad-Aware for personnal use and also SpyBotSD14. They're the best.

Thanks for your attention.

ps: now I use Opera 8 and I find it 1000 times much better than IE.

Well, I do disagree. I've been using Microsoft's Anti-Spyware continuously on several computers since I first wrote this article and remain very pleased with it. While they are also good, in my opinion it's better than both Spybot and Ad-Aware.

Though I doubt I would convince you of it, your uninstall problems are probably related to other issues. However if you're working well with Spybot, AdAware and Opera, then you're in fine shape. Whatever works.

I agree with an earlier post by Dirk, I have found that MSAS is a solid beta product that will provide end users (novice and expert alike) with a solid option for fighting spyware\adware... I have also found that the industry leaders in *ware recognition (Spybot and Ad-Aware) work quite nicely in conjunctino with MSAS... I run all three as well as Symantec Anti-Virus and am extremely pleased with the results (or lack of results)...

MSAS when initially installed found almost 70 instances of *ware that the other two had not picked up on... On the flip side, when installed on another machine first and launched, it didn't find everything... A subsequent scan with Spybot and Ad-Aware found a host of other items that MSAS missed...

Conclusion: MSAS is a good start.. As the product matures, I am certain that we can begin to limit the number of tools we use to keep our computing environments maintained... but remember, adware as annoying as it is, is simply internet commercials... the main problem is - we can't change the channel to escape them... As someone with a marketing background, adware was the next logical step, I just wish the advertisers would allow me to add them to a no popup list like telemarketers...

I have Microsoft's Anti on both our desktop, and on my laptop. Am I just lucky, or why have I NEVER had any "Spyware" detected on either computer? At my office, I have "Spyware Stormer", and every day I run it, it always tells me that it found 10-25 spyware's that it eliminates. What gives with MSFT Beta?
thanks

I installed and un-installed MS Spyware in a matter of minutes. After initial reboot and program launch it did find a number of problems both Spybot and Pest Patrol missed; immediately after removing them IE stopped working. All is fine since uninstalling MS Spyware. Anyone else had that problem?

I just downloaded this a couple of minutes ago and am already having problems with it. My computer keeps freezing up now, and I didn't have any problems with it before this. I've used Hijack This, AdAware, and CCleaner with no problems. Microsoft better improve things before they launch their new replacement for Windows. As of right now, Microsoft is convincing me to switch to a Mac. I am sick of dealing with all the patches and updates.

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