We installed AntiSpyware on three test systems without problems. If you already have the Giant version of AntiSpyware, however, Microsoft's beta version will not install: you'll have to uninstall the Giant program before replacing it with Microsoft's version. During installation, you must agree to the licence conditions. Since most users do not read the license conditions, it is clearly pointed out that you can only use the current beta version until 31 July If Microsoft should offer a commercial product before this date, the license for this beta version will expire.
After installation, the program occupies about 14MB of hard disk space. Microsoft AntiSpyware comprises three components: two modules gcasDtServ. Performance So-called 'tracking cookies', which identify a PC and are used by some Web sites to track user behaviour, are not currently recognised as spyware by Microsoft AntiSpyware. Both Ad-Aware and Spy Sweeper discover tracking cookies and classify these programs as critical. After scanning, both of these utilities suggest that you delete the tracking cookies.
With other spyware, the beta version of Microsoft's product performed better than its rivals. NewDotNet is given the second-highest threat level 'High' , since the IE plug-in adds subdomains of 'new. Neither Ad-Aware nor Spy Sweeper recognises these programs. However, the classification of the file sharing utility eMule as Adware Bundler shows that Microsoft still has some work to do on spyware recognition. The original version of eMule has nothing to do with spyware, but is simply an efficient file sharing client.
However, there are modified versions of eMule that do install spyware on your PC. The Microsoft program also equates eMule with eDonkey The Microsoft program examined over 21, files on the hard disk and nearly 9, Registry entries for spyware in just over six minutes. Ad-Aware took two minutes less, while Spy Sweeper needed Conclusion The beta version of AntiSpyware underlines Microsoft's recently outlined enterprise strategy concerning spyware and spam.
Although there have been few objective investigations into the productivity impact of these two 'hostages of the Internet', market researcher IDC estimates that spam email alone costs larger enterprises several million dollars a year. If you have added Web sites to the Restricted Sites security zone to prevent access to them, we recommend you make a backup copy of the site list before running Windows AntiSpyware Beta. If you choose to remove such a program, Windows AntiSpyware Beta deletes the entire contents of the Program Files directory that relates to the P2P program.
Because some P2P programs store downloaded files in a default directory under Program Files, this might remove all files downloaded through the file-sharing program.
For example, KaZaA stores. If you have installed any P2P file sharing programs, we recommend that you make a backup copy of your downloaded files before running Windows AntiSpyware Beta. You do not need to uninstall other anti-spyware or antivirus programs to run Windows AntiSpyware Beta. Other programs or Windows AntiSpyware Beta may prompt you to allow or block an action, but there are no other known incompatibilities with other anti-spyware or antivirus programs.
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