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Recently, Microsoft moved into the spyware remover software business, releasing a free update for Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows 2000 called the ‘Windows AntiSpyware Beta’. Like most beta programs, it's still in testing... it's intended to be released as a free anti spyware software product for Window’s users sometime in the near future. One major benefit of the Microsoft spyware removal software is it's ability to detect and halt spyware BEFORE it is installed, unlike most other spyware removers which can only detect computer spyware viruses AFTER they're installed on your computer. Be wary, though, when looking for a good spyware remover. There are many advertisements out there for spyware removers that are extremely misleading, also there are some phoney programs that actually install spyware when you download them! For this reason, it's unadvisable to install any spyware remover that you see advertised in a ‘pop-up’ ad, or other "flashy" advertisement, as these are most likely the kinds of programs that infect with malicious spyware.
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The Microsoft spyware research team bases the definitions they create on internal research as well as feedback from the SpyNet™ community. SpyNet is the voluntary worldwide community of Windows Defender users that helps determine which applications the research team classifies as spyware. Users participating in the SpyNet™ network help to discover new threats more quickly so all users are better protected.
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Microsoft says that existing users of Giant AntiSpyware with active anti-spyware subscriptions should continue using that product, which runs on more versions of Windows and has features that are not in the Windows AntiSpyware beta release. Giant AntiSpyware users who want to install and use Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware need to uninstall the Giant product first, Microsoft says on its Web page.
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Many Windows users seem to be in denial that WGA could be spyware, because Microsoft is such a big, well-known company. Unfortunately, that was what people thought of the Sony BMG recording label before it started distributing music CDs last year with rootkit software that infected PCs.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Microsoft Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer frustrated users of its Windows software new tools within 30 days to remove spyware programs secretly running on computers. But it might cost extra in coming months.
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Microsoft said users of existing Giant anti-spyware applications should continue to use those tools. The company was ... quick to point out that the beta release is merely a first version of the software that the company is distributing for feedback and testing purposes.
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