Windows AntiSpyware

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Download: Windows AntiSpyware (beta)

Download: Windows AntiSpyware (beta) 01/06/2005 04:53 AM
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Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Known spyware on your PC can be detected and removed. This helps reduce negative effects caused by spyware including slow PC performance, annoying pop-up ads, unwanted changes to Internet settings, and unauthorized use of your private information. Continuous protection improves Internet browsing safety by guarding over 50 ways spyware can enter your PC.

The worldwide SpyNet™ community plays a key role in determining which suspicious programs are classified as spyware. Microsoft researchers quickly develop methods to counteract these threats, which are automatically downloaded to your PC, so you stay up-to-date.

The user must be an administrator to install this application.

Current Giant AntiSpyware users with active subscriptions are advised to continue to use their existing software.

Download: Windows AntiSpyware
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This is BETA software, please use caution when installing it on your system!

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Microsoft® Windows AntiSpyware (Beta)

Microsoft® Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) 01/06/2005 09:14 AM

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Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Known spyware on your PC can be detected and removed. This helps reduce negative effects caused by spyware including slow PC performance, annoying pop-up ads, unwanted changes to Internet settings, and unauthorized use of your private information. Continuous protection improves Internet browsing safety by guarding over 50 ways spyware can enter your PC. The worldwide SpyNet™ community plays a key role in determining which suspicious programs are classified as spyware. Microsoft researchers quickly develop methods to counteract these threats, which are automatically downloaded to your PC, so you stay up-to-date. The user must be an administrator to install this application.

GIANT AntiSpyware

GIANT AntiSpyware 09/22/2004 02:43 AM
TechTree Sep 22 2004 7:07AM GMT

AOL to offer antispyware software

AOL to offer antispyware software 01/05/2004 10:29 PM
America Online will announce on Tuesday the addition of antispyware software as part of future upgrades to its flagship online service.

First look: MS's AntiSpyware App beta

First look: MS's AntiSpyware App beta 01/06/2005 05:07 PM

Antispyware vendors come under fire

Antispyware vendors come under fire 02/11/2004 02:57 PM
A public interest group has complained to FTC about "deceptive" marketing practices on the part of some software sellers and their affiliates.

Yahoo embraces antispyware

Yahoo embraces antispyware 05/27/2004 07:42 AM

AOL uncloaks antispyware software

AOL uncloaks antispyware software 01/06/2004 10:29 AM

"preview of Giant AntiSpyware"

"preview of Giant AntiSpyware" 12/22/2004 01:31 AM

Microsoft AntiSpyware beta

Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 04/14/2005 01:42 PM
.net Apr 14 2005 5:00PM GMT

Microsoft Presents Antispyware Strategy

Microsoft Presents Antispyware Strategy 04/21/2004 02:17 PM

New Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta Refresh
Is Out

New Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta Refresh
Is Out 06/24/2005 04:47 PM
On Thursday, Microsoft posted the new Microsoft AntiSpyware beta build for download.

McAfee AntiSpyware (Ziff Davis)

McAfee AntiSpyware (Ziff Davis) 02/19/2004 02:01 PM
Ziff Davis - The anti-spyware component of McAfee Internet Security 2004 performed well in PC Magazine's recent tests.

FTC Shuts Down Fraudulent Antispyware
Company

FTC Shuts Down Fraudulent Antispyware
Company 03/14/2005 06:26 PM
Chalk one up for the good guys. The FTC today announced that it's filed a restraining order against a company that allegedly offered Internet users a spyware scanner program that falsely reported that computers were infected with spyware, and which failed to remove any spyware at all from infected machines. (We detailed some similarly sketchy businesses in last fall's story, Poor Defenders.)

"In an effort to induce consumers to purchase and download the defendants' "anti-spyware" software from their Web site, the defendants make numerous material deceptive representations in their marketing media," the FTC report says."

"First, after describing the various dangers of spyware surreptitiously installed on a computer, the defendants represent that they have "scanned" or otherwise examined the consumer's computer and have detected that spyware already resides on it. In numerous instances, the defendants make these spyware detection claims when the computer has no spyware residing on it."

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Microsoft Releases AntiSpyware Program

Microsoft Releases AntiSpyware Program 01/06/2005 12:12 PM

Utah judge halts antispyware law

Utah judge halts antispyware law 06/23/2004 12:35 PM
A district court judge in Utah ruled in favor of a New York company that makes advertising software, sometimes referred to as "spyware," that tracks Web surfers' activities, blocking the nation's first-ever law targeting spyware. Judge Joseph C. Fratto Jr. of the Third Judicial District Court in Salt Lake City issued an injunction Tuesday that temporarily blocked the Utah law, known as the Spyware Control Act, which was signed into law by Utah Governor Olene Walker on March 23, after WhenU.com Inc. applied for a temporary restraining order, claiming the law would cause "irreparable harm" to its business.

CA buys PestPatrol antispyware developer

CA buys PestPatrol antispyware developer 08/16/2004 05:57 PM
WASHINGTON - Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) said Monday it acquired PestPatrol Inc., a firm marketing antispyware software to enterprises, small businesses and individual consumers.

Norton 2005 AntiSpyware Edition Beta

Norton 2005 AntiSpyware Edition Beta 04/19/2005 12:14 PM

Utah judge halts state antispyware law

Utah judge halts state antispyware law 06/23/2004 05:28 PM
A District Court judge in Salt Lake City issued an injunction yesterday that temporarily blocks a state antispyware law, known as the Spyware Control Act, from being enforced.

MD5 hash vulnerability in beta Microsoft
AntiSpyware

MD5 hash vulnerability in beta Microsoft
AntiSpyware 03/19/2005 03:08 AM
Someone on the cryptographer's panel at RSA 2005 just noted that Microsoft AntiSpyware, demonstrated earlier this morning, is one of many products still under development which employ the MD5 hash algorithm, even though the security of that algorithm was broken...

Symantec debuts integrated antispyware
tools

Symantec debuts integrated antispyware
tools 04/18/2005 02:39 PM
Security company releases test version of software-blocking it will begin marketing later this year as part of Net security package.

Yahoo enhances toolbar with antispyware
tool

Yahoo enhances toolbar with antispyware
tool 08/06/2004 01:16 PM
After several months of testing, Yahoo Inc. this week released an enhanced version of its Internet-services toolbar that now comes with a feature for removing often unwanted software such as spyware and adware.

Yahoo adds antispyware service to
toolbar

Yahoo adds antispyware service to
toolbar 05/27/2004 07:58 AM
Yahoo Inc. began testing a new antispyware feature on its toolbar Thursday, allowing users to scan for and delete the small software applications often responsible for displaying pop-up ads, redirecting search results and changing the user's homepage, among other unwanted functions.

Microsoft releases antispyware, promises
more tools

Microsoft releases antispyware, promises
more tools 01/06/2005 03:01 PM
Microsoft on Thursday released a free trial copy of antispyware software it purchased last month, marking the company's entry into the fast-growing market for products that block surreptitious snooping programs, and promised monthly releases of tools to stop new malicious software.

Yahoo Toolbar Now Includes Antispyware
Option

Yahoo Toolbar Now Includes Antispyware
Option 08/08/2004 07:24 PM
BeSpacific Aug 8 2004 11:06PM GMT

Microsoft hurries antispyware, delays
Exchange updates

Microsoft hurries antispyware, delays
Exchange updates 01/05/2005 06:58 PM
Although Microsoft is expected to release a beta version of antispyware technology it purchased last month soon, it is delaying antispam and antivirus improvements promised for its Exchange e-mail server.

Microsoft hurries antispyware, holds
Exchange updates

Microsoft hurries antispyware, holds
Exchange updates 01/05/2005 10:13 PM
Microsoft Corp. is getting ready to release a beta version of antispyware technology it purchased last month to the public, but will delay promised antispam and antivirus improvements to the Exchange e-mail server, according to information provided by the company.

Microsoft releases antispyware,
malware-removal tools

Microsoft releases antispyware,
malware-removal tools 01/06/2005 05:40 PM
Microsoft release today of two free security tools aimed at helping users remove spyware and other malicious code puts the company one step closer to directly competing with the industry's major security vendors.

Critical Update for Windows Media Player
(All Versions) for Windows 2000, Windows
XP, and Windows Server 2003 (KB828026)

Critical Update for Windows Media Player
(All Versions) for Windows 2000, Windows
XP, and Windows Server 2003 (KB828026) 02/11/2004 01:19 AM
When a content owner creates an audio or video stream, they can add script commands (such as URL script commands and custom script commands) to be encoded in the stream. When the stream is played back, the script commands can trigger events in an embedded player program, or they can open your browser and then navigate to a Web page. This behavior is by design

Review: Norton Internet Security 2005,
AntiSpyware Edition

Review: Norton Internet Security 2005,
AntiSpyware Edition 06/17/2005 04:30 PM
Informationweek.com - Fri Jun 17, 01:55 pm GMT

Norton Internet Security 2005
AntiSpyware Edition (beta)

Norton Internet Security 2005
AntiSpyware Edition (beta) 04/19/2005 11:16 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 19 2005 2:57PM GMT

Windows Media Player (All Versions) for
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows
Server 2003 (KB832353)

Windows Media Player (All Versions) for
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows
Server 2003 (KB832353) 04/22/2004 01:20 AM
After applying the Update for Windows Media Player Script Commands (KB828026), some URL script commands do not fire even though they would be expected to do so. In addition to the URL script command issues, this package addresses an issue with the installer that would cause 100% CPU utilization in certain scenarios.

NTSC-J, PAL, and SECAM TV Tuner Hotfix
for DirectX 9.0b on Windows 2000,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
(KB825116)

NTSC-J, PAL, and SECAM TV Tuner Hotfix
for DirectX 9.0b on Windows 2000,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
(KB825116) 11/04/2003 11:37 PM
DirectX 9.0b was released on 7/23/03 to address the MIDI security issue identified in bulletin MS03-030. A small number of non-security fixes were also included in the release. One of these fixes caused several TV Tuner capture card/driver combinations using video formats other than NTSC (NTSC-J, PAL, SECAM) to no longer initialize correctly on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Symptoms include loss of capture functionality and potential inability to set/retain device capture settings. This hotfix, documented further in Knowledge Base article 825116, has been issued to correct the flaw. 11-04-03 update: The English hotfix package has been modified to allow patching of all language installations supported by the affected Operating Systems.

Actual Windows Manager v. 2.6 Turns the
Classic Windows Formula Upside-Down and
Offers a Much Better Way of Working with
Windows

Actual Windows Manager v. 2.6 Turns the
Classic Windows Formula Upside-Down and
Offers a Much Better Way of Working with
Windows 05/31/2004 02:00 PM
Actual Tools announced today the release of version 2.6 of Actual Windows Manager, a revolutionary windows enhancement application for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. The program dramatically expands Windows functionality and introduces a new window control system, more native to human perception. Actual Tools team of software developers and cognitive analysts tried to bring to life the alternative desktop organization and control concept with the ultimate goal of creating a truly anthropocentric computer environment. [PRWEB May 26, 2004]

Windows Media Player 6.4 for Windows 95,
Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0

Windows Media Player 6.4 for Windows 95,
Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 05/18/2004 01:31 PM
Windows Media Player 6.4 delivers high-quality audio and video for users and organizations running Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0.

System Services for the Windows Server
2003 Family and Windows XP Operating
Systems

System Services for the Windows Server
2003 Family and Windows XP Operating
Systems 06/14/2004 06:15 PM

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