NonBeta Antispyware?

[Guest]

Has Microsoft said when the Antispyware program will be out of beta?

Thanks

 

[Bill Sanderson]

They haven't, I think.

My own bet would be sometime in the latter half of this year, but I'm not
sure when, and it could go further.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info......

Will you be able to deploy this program through WSUS??

 

[Bill Sanderson]

They've just announced today (or recently, anyway) that definitions will be
available through WSUS--soon. The program will be renamed Windows Defender.

I don't know that answer--I'm not familiar enough with WSUS. But I suspect
the answer will be yes.

The WSUS definitions announcement was made to a WSUS related listserv--but
you should see the name Windows Defender when looking at available
categories within WSUS soon, as I understand it.

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[JoeM]

From what I understand you can deploy it, but it will only be available for
the corp. edition. That is the last I heard, things could have changed by
now though.

 

[Guest]

Bill thanks for your insite on my questions....

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Thanks, Joe--I know that there will be an antispyware component of Microsoft
Client Protection, and I would expect that package to be centrally
deployable--it will certainly be centrally managed.
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