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Hello everyone

I wanted to download the beta Microsoft anti spyware program upon the
recommendations here but I'm running on an older computer still (Pentium 2)
with Windows 98SE still and it still functions beautiful and does the job
for us.
The beta states for systems with Windows 2000 and XP etc. Should I stay
away from it?

I do have Adaware and it's not bad but everyone says it's best to have a
couple of anti spyware programs since they catch different things.

What are your thoughts or suggestions. Perhaps there's an older Microsoft
anti spy ware? zone alarm in addition to Adaware?

My antivirus is AVG which I've been really happy with too.

thanks in advance

In news:k4mif.918$,
Steve & Chris Clark spewed forth:
> Hello everyone
>
> I wanted to download the beta Microsoft anti spyware program upon the
> recommendations here but I'm running on an older computer still
> (Pentium 2) with Windows 98SE still and it still functions beautiful
> and does the job for us.
> The beta states for systems with Windows 2000 and XP etc. Should I
> stay away from it?

Don't bother. It won't run on W9x systems.

> I do have Adaware and it's not bad but everyone says it's best to
> have a couple of anti spyware programs since they catch different
> things.
>
> What are your thoughts or suggestions. Perhaps there's an older
> Microsoft anti spy ware? zone alarm in addition to Adaware?

Nope. No older MS version. They didn't even write this one.

--
Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but you
still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

In article <k4mif.918$>, Steve & Chris
Clark <> wrote:

> The beta states for systems with Windows 2000 and XP etc. Should I stay
> away from it?
Wel, of course. If it doesn't meet the requirements, don't use it. That
kind of thing isn't supposed to be flexible!

> I do have Adaware and it's not bad but everyone says it's best to have a
> couple of anti spyware programs since they catch different things.
Sure; people in this group also like Spybot S&D.

> What are your thoughts or suggestions. Perhaps there's an older Microsoft
> anti spy ware?
No, there is no older product, especially if the MS product is still in
beta.

> zone alarm in addition to Adaware?
Zone Alarm is a firewall -- don't you have a firewall installed?
You need one -- do it now. People here seem to like Outpost best.

Your best bet is use (spybot search and destroy) microsoft antispyware will
not work properly with windows 98 as it's for xp originally

AVG is a good choice of antivirus, so Keep that, and install spybot it's the
best one in my opinion.

Lee

www.thepcwizard.org






"Steve & Chris Clark" <> wrote in message
news:k4mif.918$...
> Hello everyone
>
> I wanted to download the beta Microsoft anti spyware program upon the
> recommendations here but I'm running on an older computer still (Pentium
> 2)
> with Windows 98SE still and it still functions beautiful and does the job
> for us.
> The beta states for systems with Windows 2000 and XP etc. Should I stay
> away from it?
>
> I do have Adaware and it's not bad but everyone says it's best to have a
> couple of anti spyware programs since they catch different things.
>
> What are your thoughts or suggestions. Perhaps there's an older
> Microsoft
> anti spy ware? zone alarm in addition to Adaware?
>
> My antivirus is AVG which I've been really happy with too.
>
> thanks in advance
>
>

In article <o9mif.3781$>, Toolman Tim
<> wrote:

> Nope. No older MS version. They didn't even write this one.

Wait -- they didn't write it, but they released it in beta?
Sounds like they are trying to get everyone else to do their testing.

Do we know who wrote it? Anyone with a reputation?
Was it a product before MS bought it?

In news:271120050748061836%,
Mitch spewed forth:
> In article <o9mif.3781$>, Toolman Tim
> <> wrote:
>
>> Nope. No older MS version. They didn't even write this one.
>
> Wait -- they didn't write it, but they released it in beta?
> Sounds like they are trying to get everyone else to do their testing.
>
> Do we know who wrote it? Anyone with a reputation?
> Was it a product before MS bought it?

Very reputable - Giant AntiSpyware.

--
Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but you
still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:48:06 GMT, Mitch <> wrote:

>In article <o9mif.3781$>, Toolman Tim
><> wrote:
>
>> Nope. No older MS version. They didn't even write this one.
>
>Wait -- they didn't write it, but they released it in beta?
>Sounds like they are trying to get everyone else to do their testing.
>
>Do we know who wrote it? Anyone with a reputation?
>Was it a product before MS bought it?

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/...857/44857.html

Just FYI, on Sunbelt:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?H1D93293C
http://makeashorterlink.com/?N2E94293C

(Ignore the DipSpew.)

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AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY NOT!"
--glmar04 at twirl.mcc.ac.uk in a.s.r

"Mitch" <> wrote in message
news:271120050748061836%...
> In article <o9mif.3781$>, Toolman Tim
> <> wrote:
>
>> Nope. No older MS version. They didn't even write this one.
>
> Wait -- they didn't write it, but they released it in beta?
> Sounds like they are trying to get everyone else to do their testing.
>
> Do we know who wrote it? Anyone with a reputation?
> Was it a product before MS bought it?


You know that they bought it but you claim not to have a clue from whom they
bought it? So how do you really know they bought it? Guess you can't
Google or read Microsoft's own articles about them buying it from Giant.
Guess you think that the Giant product was such a superb product that it
didn't need any changes. Go visit the MSAS newsgroup and you'll see there
were TONS of problems with *Giant's* code that Microsoft has to fix. Could
Microsoft have taken the product off the shelf and waited until they came
out eventually with a released version? Yep, which means all those users
looking for freebie solutions would have to do without MSAS as a solution.
You could *buy* the retail version of Giant's code from the version that
Sunbelt bought and get their CounterSpy product but the malware signatures
still come from Microsoft (who has a contractual obligation to provide the
signatures to Sunbelt for awhile yet). Sunbelt can modify their own code
branch to provide better detection but they aren't making the same changes
that Microsoft is doing to qualify the product as Microsoft certified, plus
Microsoft is developing an enterprise version.

Since it is free, there is nothing stopping you from trialing the product.
On some hosts, I've found it works great. On other hosts, I've found it
impacted responsiveness of the system. But then I've also noticed similar
effects from Prevx Home and various anti-virus programs. It depends on the
environment in which the software is used, the expertise of the user, and
how much time the user has to resolve problems. It's free. You lose only
your own time to go cheap with a freebie product. If it doesn't work,
uninstall it (or restore from a disk image to exactly get back to where you
were before).

Outpost is better than ZoneAlarm and no I don't have a firewall.
Outpost over ZoneAlarm?
I'll try it.
Thanks


"Mitch" <> wrote in message
news:271120050741036489%...
> In article <k4mif.918$>, Steve & Chris
> Clark <> wrote:
>
> > The beta states for systems with Windows 2000 and XP etc. Should I
stay
> > away from it?
> Wel, of course. If it doesn't meet the requirements, don't use it. That
> kind of thing isn't supposed to be flexible!
>
> > I do have Adaware and it's not bad but everyone says it's best to have a
> > couple of anti spyware programs since they catch different things.
> Sure; people in this group also like Spybot S&D.
>
> > What are your thoughts or suggestions. Perhaps there's an older
Microsoft
> > anti spy ware?
> No, there is no older product, especially if the MS product is still in
> beta.
>
> > zone alarm in addition to Adaware?
> Zone Alarm is a firewall -- don't you have a firewall installed?
> You need one -- do it now. People here seem to like Outpost best.

Thanks very much for this.

Thank you everyone for all the posts.
This newsgroup is and always has been the best!
You're all great!

Chris


"lee jolly" <> wrote in message
news:nimif.7784$...
> Your best bet is use (spybot search and destroy) microsoft antispyware
will
> not work properly with windows 98 as it's for xp originally
>
> AVG is a good choice of antivirus, so Keep that, and install spybot it's
the
> best one in my opinion.
>
> Lee
>
> www.thepcwizard.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Steve & Chris Clark" <> wrote in message
> news:k4mif.918$...
> > Hello everyone
> >
> > I wanted to download the beta Microsoft anti spyware program upon the
> > recommendations here but I'm running on an older computer still (Pentium
> > 2)
> > with Windows 98SE still and it still functions beautiful and does the
job
> > for us.
> > The beta states for systems with Windows 2000 and XP etc. Should I
stay
> > away from it?
> >
> > I do have Adaware and it's not bad but everyone says it's best to have a
> > couple of anti spyware programs since they catch different things.
> >
> > What are your thoughts or suggestions. Perhaps there's an older
> > Microsoft
> > anti spy ware? zone alarm in addition to Adaware?
> >
> > My antivirus is AVG which I've been really happy with too.
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> >
>
>