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

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This may sound like a "cry-for-help" but the Giant/Microsoft Antispyware Beta program brought my faithful Win2000 laptop (ThinkPad) to it's knees...
Install/Uninstall & IE no longer run. This laptop has performed flawlessly for 5 years. Is there a safe manual uninstall for Antispyware?

48::ln 5:Error in loading DLL::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:frmStartupWizard:LoadStep::4/22/2006 12:50:38 AM:XP:1.0.701
48::ln 5:Error in loading DLL::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:frmStartupWizard:LoadStep::4/22/2006 12:50:38 AM:XP:1.0.701
48::ln 5:Error in loading DLL::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:frmStartupWizard:LoadStep::4/22/2006 12:50:38 AM:XP:1.0.701
48::ln 0:Error in loading DLL::gcasServ:modMain:Main::4/22/2006 12:50:39 AM:XP:1.0.701
48::ln 20:Error in loading DLL::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:frmStartupWizard:LoadStep::4/22/2006 12:50:42 AM:XP:1.0.701
91::ln 22:Object variable or With block variable not set::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:frmStartupWizard:LoadStep::4/22/2006 12:50:42 AM:XP:1.0.701
91::ln 23:Object variable or With block variable not set::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:frmStartupWizard:LoadStep::4/22/2006 12:50:42 AM:XP:1.0.701
48::ln 70:Error in loading DLL::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:modMain:Main::4/22/2006 12:50:45 AM:XP:1.0.701

for the error above.
download the Spybot - Search & Destroy. then update it. after that,you go to immunize,it will tell you that you must immuniza the produt,then just press immunize. after that try to start the microsoft antispyware. i hope this can help.

ya, forgot to tell. microsoft will never help us solve the prolem because we now are using the beta version. for testing only.

I installed Anti-Spyware. It found over 500 spyware on my computer and removed them (after I paid a hefty price for it). I thought I read somewhere it was free?

i read your article on microsoft anti-spyware. i am running windows live one care by microsoft how does the two compare.

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