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Microsoft Readies Second Anti-spyware Beta
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Microsoft Readies Second Anti-Spyware Beta
By Gregg Keizer
TechWeb News
Jan 26, 2006 01:20 PM
Windows Defender, Microsoft's free anti-spyware program that's been in beta for more than a year, will shift into its second round of testing in the next two months...Beta 1 only works in Windows XP.
Windows Defender Beta 2...will be available for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista, with additional editions for earlier Windows posted at some undisclosed future date. It will be included with both the client and server versions of Vista...
Among what's new in Beta 2, said the developers, is integration with Outlook, Microsoft's e-mail client, to scan incoming attachments (Beta 1 scans only files retrieved through the browser), a totally-redesigned interface, and automatic updates that include both spyware definition updates and upgrades to the scanning engine, allowing Microsoft to update the software without having to explicitly release a new version...The Vista and non-Vista versions of Defender will be similar, though not identical.
Previously, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates promised that AntiSpyware would remain free to users; the developers who participated in the online chat renewed that promise, adding that Defender would be free to all users with a validated copy of Windows.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177104265&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
By Gregg Keizer
TechWeb News
Jan 26, 2006 01:20 PM
Windows Defender, Microsoft's free anti-spyware program that's been in beta for more than a year, will shift into its second round of testing in the next two months...Beta 1 only works in Windows XP.
Windows Defender Beta 2...will be available for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista, with additional editions for earlier Windows posted at some undisclosed future date. It will be included with both the client and server versions of Vista...
Among what's new in Beta 2, said the developers, is integration with Outlook, Microsoft's e-mail client, to scan incoming attachments (Beta 1 scans only files retrieved through the browser), a totally-redesigned interface, and automatic updates that include both spyware definition updates and upgrades to the scanning engine, allowing Microsoft to update the software without having to explicitly release a new version...The Vista and non-Vista versions of Defender will be similar, though not identical.
Previously, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates promised that AntiSpyware would remain free to users; the developers who participated in the online chat renewed that promise, adding that Defender would be free to all users with a validated copy of Windows.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177104265&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
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