What makes this software better than Lavasoft's Adaware,
one of the better spyware removal tools I have used.

In general, two things:

1) free active protection--59 checkpoints/3 agents.
2) better removal of the major bugs, also identification of them on the way
in, via those checkpoints.

OTOH, Ad-aware does remove cookies.
--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Matthew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What makes this software better than Lavasoft's Adaware,
> one of the better spyware removal tools I have used.

Here's a cheerful little earful from Bill Sanderson:

> In general, two things:
>
> 1) free active protection--59 checkpoints/3 agents.
> 2) better removal of the major bugs, also identification of them on
> the way in, via those checkpoints.
>
> OTOH, Ad-aware does remove cookies.

Yeah, but I hate-hate-HATE software that removes cookies. Why? Because
they remove ALL my cookies, so forget going back to Amazon, Expedia, etc.
and expecting all your data to be intact. I wind up typing in my height
weight and shoe size all over again, which defeats the beneficial purpose
of cookies.

"Hogan's Goat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Yeah, but I hate-hate-HATE software that removes cookies. Why? Because
> they remove ALL my cookies, so forget going back to Amazon, Expedia, etc.
> and expecting all your data to be intact. I wind up typing in my height
> weight and shoe size all over again, which defeats the beneficial purpose
> of cookies.

Actually, I haven't noticed that with either Ad-aware or Spybot search &
destroy. they seem to be able to single out particular cookies that relate
purely to adware. I think that's a big part of Microsoft's hesitation with
putting this feature in this product--they've got to figure out an objective
way to determine which cookies will be handled by the app and which
won't--and that will take some significant effort.

in my experience i run adaware , spybot and now MS.
they all leave behind their frieinds.
Intentional or not it is true.
Spyware removal tools always leave behind something.
Run all 3 .
I run them all at once.
Takes about the same amount of time as running 1
spybot 1.3 and adaware are available at www.download.com


>-----Original Message-----
>What makes this software better than Lavasoft's Adaware,
>one of the better spyware removal tools I have used.
>.
>

>-----Original Message-----
>"Hogan's Goat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:Xns95FFBF0515089yeah.right.com@207.46.130.117...
>>
>> Yeah, but I hate-hate-HATE software that removes
cookies. Why? Because
>> they remove ALL my cookies, so forget going back to
Amazon, Expedia, etc.
>> and expecting all your data to be intact. I wind up
typing in my height
>> weight and shoe size all over again, which defeats the
beneficial purpose
>> of cookies.
>
>Actually, I haven't noticed that with either Ad-aware or
Spybot search &
>destroy. they seem to be able to single out particular
cookies that relate
>purely to adware. I think that's a big part of
Microsoft's hesitation with
>putting this feature in this product--they've got to
figure out an objective
>way to determine which cookies will be handled by the
app and which
>won't--and that will take some significant effort.
>
>
>.

You're right. It's a tough task. Either way someone is
going to be ticked off when a certain cookie is removed
that is innocently tagged as malicious. It's bound to
happen. Luckilly, Adaware allows the user to review and
pick-and-choose which cookies to remove.

I don't have any doubt that the reason for the delay in making this feature
available is needing to "get it right." Very few software implementations
satisfy everyone, but let see how well they did, when we see it.

--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Matthew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>"Hogan's Goat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:Xns95FFBF0515089yeah.right.com@207.46.130.117...
>>>
>>> Yeah, but I hate-hate-HATE software that removes
> cookies. Why? Because
>>> they remove ALL my cookies, so forget going back to
> Amazon, Expedia, etc.
>>> and expecting all your data to be intact. I wind up
> typing in my height
>>> weight and shoe size all over again, which defeats the
> beneficial purpose
>>> of cookies.
>>
>>Actually, I haven't noticed that with either Ad-aware or
> Spybot search &
>>destroy. they seem to be able to single out particular
> cookies that relate
>>purely to adware. I think that's a big part of
> Microsoft's hesitation with
>>putting this feature in this product--they've got to
> figure out an objective
>>way to determine which cookies will be handled by the
> app and which
>>won't--and that will take some significant effort.
>>
>>
>>.
>
> You're right. It's a tough task. Either way someone is
> going to be ticked off when a certain cookie is removed
> that is innocently tagged as malicious. It's bound to
> happen. Luckilly, Adaware allows the user to review and
> pick-and-choose which cookies to remove.