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  1. February 16th, 2005, 01:24 AM #11
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    I tend to think they will offer snap-ins for free. If not, someone will write a template or we'll figure out how to tweak the registry. But really, Billy Goat has no choice IMO.
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  2. February 16th, 2005, 10:26 PM #12
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    I got cracked by another auditor - but I thought I should give it a whirl - it works ok - and does not seem - at this point to chew up resources - updates are still somewhat manual, but with the Spyware "active" it has caught a few spyware add requests in the short time I have had it on. Of course - I have to wonder, being an auditor and all, if MS is allowing certain "respectable" companies to keep their spyware on a system.
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    More stuff I really don't like about M$ antispyware:

    Yes, it eats system resources, in a big way.

    Yes, it likes to fight it out with spybot's tea timer, and acts quite like it on doing new installs (You should've seen it cranking when I installed adobe acrobat 7 last night...) - the bad side is that (unlike tea timer) it doesn't give you the control to HALT the registry change, it merely informs you of it... Kinda weak imho.
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  4. February 17th, 2005, 01:30 AM #14
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    Yes, it likes to fight it out with spybot's tea timer, and acts quite like it on doing new installs (You should've seen it cranking when I installed adobe acrobat 7 last night...) - the bad side is that (unlike tea timer) it doesn't give you the control to HALT the registry change, it merely informs you of it... Kinda weak imho.
    Thats not a weakness in the marketplace, thats a strength..................Most people don't no what the registry is, let alone what to allow too change it and what not too change it. And franky, I don't think those people want to no. So guess what they are going to run with.
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  6. February 18th, 2005, 10:36 PM #15
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    M$ antispyware NOT free for all!

    FYI: I found this article which talks about M$'s antispyware product WONT be free for businesses/enterprises... I suspected as much.

    http://www.snpx.com/cgi-bin/news55.c...5716126?-11434
    Microsoft Antispyware Won't Be Free For All
    By Mary Jo Foley

    You may have seen lots of headlines today proclaiming that Microsoft has decided to make its Windows Antispyware offering freely available. The truth? A "personal" version Microsoft Antispyware will be free for end-user consumers. But the version with teeth that enterprises will want won't be free. And so far, Microsoft isn't talking about how much that release, which will include unspecified "management" functionality, will cost. Microsoft also isn't talking about A1, its bundled anti-virus/anti-spyware/firewall subscription service. We got plenty of "no comments" from the Microsoft brass at RSA on Tuesday regarding A1.
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  7. February 18th, 2005, 10:48 PM #16
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    hey...you get what you pay for.
    Want to give me a paid app that is not freely available via open souce that is better.

    I'm sure there is a boolian expression there someware lol.
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  8. February 18th, 2005, 11:15 PM #17
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    keep in mind that this 'spyware version' is the only version that is free.... micrsofts "A1" program is NOT going to be free
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  9. February 18th, 2005, 11:17 PM #18
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    Well I already have McAfee 8 with some spyware blocking so MS, what is the carrot to make me pay for your Spyware product?
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