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In December, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Giant
Company and their highly regarded anti-spyware product.
Microsoft released the first test version of a Microsoft-rewrite of the Giant product,
called Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta1, on January 7. This version
supports only Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server™
2003. The Beta1 version of Microsoft AntiSpyware is free and
includes updates, but it will expire at the end of July . Microsoft has not announced the pricing for
the final product nor have they indicated when a final version
might be available.
We're testing this new product, and it is impressive. It continues with the features of the
Giant product that weren't available in any other anti-spyware product, and has been quite reliable on
our test computers. We share the concerns that other industry experts have expressed: a) it asks for a
licensing validation of Windows that may be problematic in a large organization, b) it doesn't (yet) have
centralized management features that will be important to companies, and c) some of the features and alerts are very
informative for technical people, but may be overwhelming for regular computer users. We'll keep a close eye on it,
and we naturally expect that it will become a dominant player in this space.
For more information or to download the free Beta1 version of
the product, visit:
www.microsoft.com/downloads/
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