Just a clarification, You mentioned that there are a lot of "good ones
already out there"
MS appears to agree with you to the extenct that they purchased one rather
than waste time re-inventing the wheel.
MS Anti-Spyware software is Giant's Anti-spyware, re-branded as MS's own.
And, to be fair, Firefox has it's own security issues to deal with.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/sec...9183106,00.htm
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/...llabugs_1.html
"Marcus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:05a601c4f4cb$290294f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well, I don't think it is unjust to complain.
> The state of this software is clearly alpha, not beta.
> Looks like microsoft hasn't really tested this before
> releasing it as beta.
>
> A much better fix against spyware: use another browser
> than IE. I haven't had any trouble with spyware whatsoever
> since I switched to Firefox.
> And apart from the spyware probs with Internet Exploder,
> Firefox is much more standards compliant.
>
> Why does Microsoft try to create a anti-spyware tool (when
> there are already a lot of good ones) when they should be
> fixing their stinking browser?
>
> It's all about $$$ I guess ...
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Jesus help us. A company gives away a pretty good
>>product for free and all of the freaks that hate
>>microsoft come out of the woodwork to use product and
>>complain about it? Hey Dude. What does Beta mean? Look
>>that up online. In the meantime post your constructive
>>criticism and keep your I hate microsoft comments to
>>yourself. You could also quit bragging so much about
>>your ability as such a fantastic computer expert.
>>
>>AAAAhhhhhhh Freak out. That's how the song goes.
>>
>>What does SA mean? Stupid Arse? lol
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>I ran it and it freaked me out. 3 threats, how could
>>that
>>>be! I'm an SA. The only worms, viruses, and spyware I
>>have
>>>are in my sand box and I know about all of them.
>>>
>>>Good thing I know something about what I'm looking at
>>and
>>>I decided to look at what it was having trouble with
>>>rather than just blindly letting it reap havoc with my
>>>computer.
>>>
>>>InstSrv (Trojan) turned out to be the harmless
>>instsrv.exe
>>>tool in the MICROSOFT WINDOWS RESOURCE KIT that allows
>>you
>>>to register an .exe application to run as a service.
>>>
>>>WinLog (Trojan) turned out to be the harmless srvany.exe
>>>in the MICROSOFT WINDOWS RESOURCE KIT that allows
>>>registered .exe applications to run as a service.
>>>
>>>Cyanure (RAT) turned out to be the remote.exe
>>application
>>>in the MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 SUPPORT TOOLS that allows
>>>you to establish remote command line access between a
>>>client and server.
>>>
>>>You would think that Microsoft could at least manage not
>>>to identify its own software as malware. It's troubling
>>to
>>>think that in the hands of inexperienced users this
>>thing
>>>might go fourth and gobble up critical O/S files. This
>>>thing is not ready for users who cannot make
>>>recommendations on their own. It's nice that it flags
>>>potential trouble, but is currently in a state where an
>>>experienced SA must be making the final informed
>>decision
>>>since you may or may not actually have the problem that
>>it
>>>says that you have. It's probably safe to say, though,
>>>that it will eliminate the threat - a system that won't
>>>function really isn't a threat to anyone.
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
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