MS antispyware beta

It reported my host files as needing to be removed. I did not and
don't intend to. I don't like any advertising blurbs. I guess MS has
to get the message out somehow. I mean they really need the
revenue!!!!

 

LOL
Yeah same here but it wanted to restore them to what MS sends, with
all the crap in place. They won't change mine back either.

 

|>It reported my host files as needing to be removed. I did not and
|>don't intend to. I don't like any advertising blurbs. I guess MS has
|>to get the message out somehow. I mean they really need the
|>revenue!!!!

MS antispyware isn't to be trusted and certainly not to be used as
your first line of defense. They proved this shortly after it was
first released, when one previously quarantine'd item changed to "oh
just ignore this"
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39201837,00.htm

 

What does it do that Ad-Aware, SpywareBlaster & Spybot-S&D don't?
(Pros, not cons, that is...)

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There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
01 - Those who can count in binary.
10 - Those who can't.

etc.

 

The background monitor is quite useful. It provides warnings when something
is attempting to load/install. The others have as much pro-active monitoring
available, although I use all 4 of them. Spybot Search & Destroy's TeaTimer
may be good, but I find it frustrating because it doesn't display correctly
on my computer and I can't read the dialog boxes.

 

|>zarathustra wrote:
|>> jill <> drooled:
|>>
|>>> It reported my host files as needing to be removed. I did not and
|>>> don't intend to. I don't like any advertising blurbs. I guess MS has
|>>> to get the message out somehow. I mean they really need the
|>>> revenue!!!!
|>>
|>> What does it do that Ad-Aware, SpywareBlaster & Spybot-S&D don't?
|>> (Pros, not cons, that is...)

|>The background monitor is quite useful. It provides warnings when something
|>is attempting to load/install. The others have as much pro-active monitoring
|>available, although I use all 4 of them. Spybot Search & Destroy's TeaTimer
|>may be good, but I find it frustrating because it doesn't display correctly
|>on my computer and I can't read the dialog boxes.

Teatimer not displaying, isn't a fault of your computer; It's a result
of the programer going to a different compiler.

It's been posted as a problem for a long while, would be nice for it
to be fix'd.

 

Yeah - I knew it was in the programming, not the display drivers etc., but
that's not the point.

*That's* the point <g>