Excellent point for thought. I run Counterspy, the "commercial" version, as
it were, of the MS "beta". I have found it to be more thorough and feel more
secure than with the MS product itself, for which there does indeed seem to
be some evidence that it has been watered down a bit in response to
arguments from spyware/adware vendors. Certainly the MS product at one point
(and maybe still) ceased to detect Claria, formerly known as "Gator". Having
been Gatored in the past, and having wasted much of a day unGatoring the
machine, an antispyware application that doesn't detect it would be useless
for me.
JMHO James :-)
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From: "Carl Houseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The way Microsoft promoted this "beta" product to the public is different
from the way they've handled any other beta of their usual software in the
past. I think it's safe to say that this "beta" is unique and intended
for
a wide audience of home users.
My opinion, Microsoft wanted to do something to get brownie points in the
anti-spyware game so they made this available before their legal dept.
could
sign off on it as a "fully-backed Microsoft product." Meanwhile, the
legal
dept. is dragging their feet trying to figure out they will defend the
company against spyware purveyors who don't want to be tagged by the
product
- i.e. Microsoft - as spyware.
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