Notification Blocking Not Implemented

[LT]

The much hyped Microsoft beta for anti-spyware/anti-
malware came with assurance that one could change a
registry setting to prevent notifications back to
Microsoft -- a fair feature to have.

However, after installation on three systems -- NONE OF
THESE SYSTEMS HAVE THE NECESSARY REGISTRY KEY AND VALUE
THAT NEEDS TO BE RESET.

I've modified work's firewall / router ACLs to block the
ports and addresses to be consistent with corporate
security policy. It's not what we want, we only want
selected non-production PCs to report back notifications.

When will Microsoft issue fix this missing registry key?

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Paul L]

not sure if I understood you correctly but are you talking
about running it in a cooporate/business environment
(since you mentioned production PCs)? I think this
AntiSpyware version is more for home users thus there
shouldn't be any privacy issues. MS is also planning to
release a cooporate version which probably has more
feature including the one you mentioned so that companies
can be assured that nothing is sent out.

 

[Andre Da Costa]

It is still in beta, no gurantees.

Andre

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Can you give us an authoritative pointer to information about this registry
key? I've heard no such information about this beta.

There IS such a key for the Malicious Software Removal tool, as described in
this KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891716

That article, and the mechanism described there, has nothing to do with
Microsoft Antispyware--they are completely different products.