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Refalm:
Every Windows user has either heard or is using one of the following programs:
[*]Ad-aware[*]Spybot[*]Webroot Spy Sweeper[/list]They remove so called spyware. Espacially Ad-aware has become a compulsory program on most Windows desktops.

Microsoft likes compulsory Windows programs, as long as they're from Microsoft, so now they've created (read: taken over some other company) their own spyware remover:

 
quote:Microsoft: Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software.
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Read more (Microsoft.com)

Pathetic is all I can say.

[ January 17, 2005: Message edited by: Refalm / BOB ]

pc_freak:
It would be a much better idea to protect the OS from spyware rather than charging money again to keep your OS spyware free.

Refalm:

quote:Originally posted by PC_Freak:
It would be a much better idea to protect the OS from spyware rather than charging money again to keep your OS spyware free.
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Yes, but you got to admit that it's a brilliant market strategy.
People pay you for something that creates a problem, and then pay you again to solve the problem you created in the first place.

WMD:
I've heard it doesn't block Alexa.  Typical, no?

Refalm:

quote:Originally posted by WMD:
I've heard it doesn't block Alexa.  Typical, no?
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They've placed Alexa in Internet Explorer themselves, so it would be a little rediculous to remove that  

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