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December 17, 2004
Microsoft Software to Remove Spyware
I hate to admit it, but this is a great move for Microsoft. If you go past their morally objectionable behavior and just view them as an innocent third party, Spyware is the largest thorn in their side. Spyware kills the effectiveness of their software. Now stepping back to reality, they will probably use it as a means to eliminate competitors before the year is out, given their anti-competitive practices. But for today it's a good idea. All it takes for them to get a leg up on AdAware or Spybot is its integration with the Auto-Update facilities. That's what both are lacking. Even though my instinct will be to still use those until I see what the pricing is going to look like.
Read more here.
Posted by ManDrake at December 17, 2004 1:06 PM
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