Microsoft Anti-Spyware
Posted: January 12, 2005, 12:26 pm
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/securit ... fault.mspx
Disclaimer - It's still in Beta1 stage. Used to be Giant antispyware but MS bought em out. If you don't like beta software, then don't install it.
The product seems really really good at first view. I've installed it and it picked up a few registry items that I had on my system. It then proceeded to grab my IE default settings and make a Browser Hijack Restore point so that if any pages are changed, they can be restored at the click of a mouse.
I then attempted to install Gator/Claria on my system and after the install was completed, the Real-Time Protection kicked in as it was trying to put stuff in the startup sections of the registry, a huge, red popup appeared in the bottom right corner of the screen saying that gator was trying to install. Gave a threat level and a complete description of the software. There was, in this popup, a Keep or Remove button that the user can choose also. When it removes a file form the computer, the software will check to see if it's registered in the COM components of the system as well as other system areas to make sure it's completely gone.
I realise Gator's a pretty weak test since it's probably one of the most common ad-ware softwares out there.
I'm going to be running ad-aware and spybot over this to see if MS left any residuals that they can pick up.
As it stands now, I would recommend it to any non-proficient PC users.
Disclaimer - It's still in Beta1 stage. Used to be Giant antispyware but MS bought em out. If you don't like beta software, then don't install it.
The product seems really really good at first view. I've installed it and it picked up a few registry items that I had on my system. It then proceeded to grab my IE default settings and make a Browser Hijack Restore point so that if any pages are changed, they can be restored at the click of a mouse.
I then attempted to install Gator/Claria on my system and after the install was completed, the Real-Time Protection kicked in as it was trying to put stuff in the startup sections of the registry, a huge, red popup appeared in the bottom right corner of the screen saying that gator was trying to install. Gave a threat level and a complete description of the software. There was, in this popup, a Keep or Remove button that the user can choose also. When it removes a file form the computer, the software will check to see if it's registered in the COM components of the system as well as other system areas to make sure it's completely gone.
I realise Gator's a pretty weak test since it's probably one of the most common ad-ware softwares out there.
I'm going to be running ad-aware and spybot over this to see if MS left any residuals that they can pick up.
As it stands now, I would recommend it to any non-proficient PC users.
