The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP3 Redistributable includes everything you need to run .NET Compact Framework applications, including the Common Language Runtime and the .NET Compact Framework class library. Elsewhere, Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software.
.NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP3; MS Anti-Spyware Beta
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So this AntiSpyware? Isn’t this a way to make money of the problems they have created?
… but I don’t buy it. I’m probably likely to get “flagged for abuse” for this, but here goes:
Grow Up! Fix the problem, don’t pile on another hack. Win SP2 bandages itself with a firewall because it can’t properly manage itself. Now Microsoft is creating another meta-solution instead of dealing with the issue.
Well I agree with your point on windows firewall. It blocks connections abut the services are still default listening state behind it.
The spyware situation is a little more difficult because, unlike say UPnP, Microsoft is not in charge of the spyware code.
If MS decides to offer the tool for free than I aplaud them for at least doing _something_.
I am not sure if you gave the tool a spin but I though it was pretty decent. The one main reservation I have about it was that is runs on windows startup, which is a huge pet peeve of mine.
I’m curious…how resource-hungry is this little bugger?
I agree with poster 2 and with poster 3. With SP2 I was a late user. I installed it with much relucatance tho I have every service I dont know about disabled. I thought SP2 had other fixes and enhancements to XP overall than just besides the networking aspect of the OS though. As for the spyware program, I have read some good things about it and I believe MS will keep the service free with the catch that the copy of XP be genuine. After all Adaware is free. It would be foolish of MS to charge for something people can just download of free off the net and it performs admirably. But then again the same argument could be made regarding XP and Linux but Linux is for power users and most XP users are not power users. Oh yeah I would also hate the spyware service to run at startup. How resource hungry is it?
@Flatline
There is currently 2 processes running gcasServ and gcasDtserv,mem usage is 8 and 12meg,those two services are for the realtime detection and so on.
GIANYantispywareMain is for the main gui window which runs at near 11meg.
Only had it running as a test for about 2 hours but it seems ok,the main window for scanning/options etc is nice and smooth,very easy to use.
I tested it out by installing FlashGet and it brought up a nice big alert telling you what the spyware package it was trying to install is.The scan was fast,how accurate it is i`m not sure of yet,but seems fairly competent.
One other thing,this was not made by Microsoft,it was from GIANT software but has been rebadged.
I`m very picky about what i install and use,but i think i`ll keep this for awhile,so a thumbs up from me.
HAHAHAHA MS tells you, but not a must tho, to VALIDATE you`re windows, and their ad on the antispyware page tells of the danger of spyware collecting PERSONAL info..
I leave it at that….
I like the Ms business model. Create a spyware problem and then charge your users to fix it. you guys need to give them some credit
Regarding the step of validating your copy of Windows…what personal information do you believe is being collected by doing so? Since you imply that is the case I assume you have some knowledge of this?
“I like the Ms business model. Create a spyware problem and then charge your users to fix it. you guys need to give them some credit”
Have you heard from Microsoft that they will be charging for this? Although they could very easily charge for this service they might also give it away for free. So until we hear otherwise lets not go around saying they are going to be making money off of this.
This “free” version expires on July 31st, after that, pricing is likely, but “yet to be determined.”
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/01/06/microsoft.antivrus.ap/index.html
Relevant quote from the article:
“Kaplan said the free version of Microsoft’s new spyware-removal software will expire July 31 and pricing for future versions is still undecided. Rival anti-spyware tools, such as Lavasoft Inc.’s popular Ad-Aware product, offer similar functions to Microsoft’s, and many are free.”
this is a joke. windows is so full of malware hooks and holes… and if their record is to go by, this antispyware will prove inefective, becoming yet another program installed takin up disk space and cpu cycles and memory.
Well this anti-SpyWare tool is a good temporary solution until Longhorn hopefully reduces the need of such a tool to zero.
I have my doubts, though.
Please, Microsoft would charge you for the air you breath if they could.
Read:
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10146
Why people keep defending Microsoft or Apple or any company in particular. People, all are the same. It is all about the money. If you like a product ok use it, but dont try to tell others that this company is not bad or this one is bad.
Out of context: Bill Gates was out of line comparing comunists with Open Source advocates. So then Newton, Pascal and everybody else were comunist. If he says this, we then should compare him with Hitler.
On one hand we have idiots here who whine because there is incompatibility between their software/drivers and the operating system when they update, and yet on the other hand, they whine that problems aren’t being fixed up.
You either have one of two choices; you get all the problems fixed up in the operating system and accept that some applications might not run and thus require you to either upgrade or apply a patch from your software vendor OR you decide that you would rather keep the compatibility at the risk of being insecure.
OSS DOESN’T have these problems because developers MAKE the decision, that IF something is broken, then it then NEEDS to be fixed. If the fix ultimately results in a relying software needs to be fixed, then so be it. For example, if a massive bug in Mozilla is found, then Epiphany may need to check whether it has been affected, and if so, issue a patch for their product as well.
Yes, commercial software vendors CAN’T act like the above for obvious reasons BUT with that being said, consumers have made the choice; they would rather have compatibility than security.
Microsoft didn’t invent the spyware issue just to necessitate needing another tool for system maintenance. Spyware doesn’t take advantage of any windows specific exploit – its always installed by the user without their knowledge by some third party software.
Its the people that will install anything they download off the in internet for free whether its, pirated, hacked, and especially off a P2P network that requires and “add supported” client to access; that end up getting infected with spyware. To date no spyware tool has issued an alert for installing a valid copy of windows, valid copies of 1st tier commercial software like things from Adobe, Macromedia, Id, Valve… or from updating anything of this software with ISV released updates.
I wonder how many of these people complaining actually own any of the windows software they run that costs more than 50$?
Does anyone have any legitimate comments about this product, specifically how it performs on Win2k? I am not soliciting comments from the anti-MS crowd, who will no doubt claim it is a memory hog, or that it opens up a whole new array of security vulnerability, or whatever.
I was referring to the anti-spyware …
“Why people keep defending Microsoft or Apple or any company in particular. People, all are the same. It is all about the money. If you like a product ok use it, but dont try to tell others that this company is not bad or this one is bad. ”
Actually I wasn’t defending Microsoft in any way. I was just stating that we should all save the bashing until we are 100% sure we have something to bash.
This program runs really nicely, it is easy to use and fits in well with XP. The program found some old registry keys and removed them. But luckily my system was clean.
What I liked about the program is that it allows you to browse through installed Internet Explorer settings, Registry Entries and disable and enable options/ActiveX controls as needed. It will also reset Internet Explorer to its default settings if it becomes infected with a browser hijacker.
Performance wise, It is much faster than Adaware, and it uses very little RAM, around 2.4MB to sit and run in the background. It is also scheduled to run a scan at 2am every day.
You are also prompted to join SpyNet which is a distributed network which helps to combat Spyware (Not sure how this works, but I let the program do what it wanted).
Personally, I like it. Pity, they can’t include it as part of Windows (Due to lawsuits, etc).
What I don’t understand is why are people complaining about having to validate their copy of Windows?. If you have bought your software then what is the problem? (If you are using a pirated copy, then you deserve to be bombed with spyware and viruses).
I did some serious testing, thinking this beta might represent a truly useful product. I welcome all to read my results here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=284779&p=2#r23
I’m running this on a ThinkPad T40 with WinXP, and it seems to be working okay. I’ve experienced some slowdowns after installing it, but I dare not say whether or not this program had anything to do with it. I’m also running CA eTrust with its own realtime scanner (which might have been the source of the problem) and a lot of other programs, but everything’s working just fine now. AntiSpyware currently using 7,4 MB RAM split on two processes.
The application itself is very nice looking. Easy to use, logical… and it does a good job of explaining to you what’s happening whenever something happens. It hasn’t actually done much after I installed it – it alerted me when I installed some UAM software that wished to run as a service, which I then had to allow. Nice and smooth.
Thanks for the comments. I was wondering how it compared to Adaware. I have that installed, and have just installed Microsoft’s antispyware, so we’ll see. So far, quick and easy installation, and it seems to run smoothly.
Sorry, but this seems like 2 completely seperate and unrelated news stories, why lump them together in one post? Not only that, but MS Anti-Spyware has nothing to do with .Net (the category this post is filed in).
what’s .NET ?
I’m now fairly sure MS Antispyware was the source of the slowdowns – and I’ve uninstalled it. The computer got extremely slow. The problem was probably the real-time spyware scanner, without that one I might as well go back to using AdAware.
[i]Grow Up! Fix the problem, don’t pile on another hack.<?i>
So what is/are the problem(s) and how do you propose they fix them ?
this is a joke. windows is so full of malware hooks and holes…
For example ?