MS AntiSpyware to remain Free!

[mikecel79]

Linky

Looks like the MS AntiSpyware will remain free even after going gold. Great news! I find this one to be pretty good at cleaning out spyware and the real time agents are great!

 

[skadoo323]

i have used this on several of my own personal systems as well as systems at work and have been happy. it searches through the registry pretty well when compared to other programs.

 

[Schadenfroh]

anyword on MS antivirus?

 

[Nocturnal]

From what I read their anti virus offering was going to be geared more towards the corporate sector. They also mentioned something about IE7 having built in anti virus support for those using WinXP Pro SP2.

 

[thegorx]

what they really need are tools that can be run from the recovery console
either that or offer a boot cd that runs outside of the OS install to scan

once some of these buggers get into your system it's tough to get them out from within

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: thegorx
what they really need are tools that can be run from the recovery console
either that or offer a boot cd that runs outside of the OS install to scan

once some of these buggers get into your system it's tough to get them out from within

Google Bart's PE

 

Is it just me, or does someone else agree with me here.
At today's day and age of spam, spyware, and viruses. Wouldn't it make sense if programs to deal with such things (except spam) should be standard in windows?

 

[thegorx]

The biggest problem I run into is the fact that IE doesn't have a uninstall or a repair option for that matter in Windows XP.

even the old systems with windows 98 the repair option was a joke
it wouldn't repair mismatched file versions.
that had to be done manually.

I think administrator should have a set of tools to remove and reinstall components
but it makes it difficult when the components are all intergrated and patched to newer versions instead of having a complete versions that is fixed.



also I'm well aware of Bartspe but I'm just thinking for the average end user
they're the ones that are suffering from this spyware stuff

 

[mikecel79]

Originally posted by: thegorx
The biggest problem I run into is the fact that IE doesn't have a uninstall or a repair option for that matter in Windows XP.

You can use the Internet Explorer Administration Kit for this. It lets you build an entire IE6 SP1 installation. I've used it many times with success.

even the old systems with windows 98 the repair option was a joke
it wouldn't repair mismatched file versions.
that had to be done manually.

The IEAK also works for this too. But your right the repair option in 98 wasn't all that great.

I think administrator should have a set of tools to remove and reinstall components
but it makes it difficult when the components are all intergrated and patched to newer versions instead of having a complete versions that is fixed.

You can use the IEAK to build a installation and then you just have to include the last cumulative update for IE in there with it. We've used the IEAK to install IE6 on 500+ machines and used it for repairing machine where IE stopped working also. Give it a shot.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
anyword on MS antivirus?

^.^ yeah that would be nice team up with norton and offer it for free for geninue customers like me.(bootleggers)

 

[thegorx]

Originally posted by: mikecel79

Originally posted by: thegorx
The biggest problem I run into is the fact that IE doesn't have a uninstall or a repair option for that matter in Windows XP.

You can use the Internet Explorer Administration Kit for this. It lets you build an entire IE6 SP1 installation. I've used it many times with success.

even the old systems with windows 98 the repair option was a joke
it wouldn't repair mismatched file versions.
that had to be done manually.

The IEAK also works for this too. But your right the repair option in 98 wasn't all that great.

I think administrator should have a set of tools to remove and reinstall components
but it makes it difficult when the components are all intergrated and patched to newer versions instead of having a complete versions that is fixed.

You can use the IEAK to build a installation and then you just have to include the last cumulative update for IE in there with it. We've used the IEAK to install IE6 on 500+ machines and used it for repairing machine where IE stopped working also. Give it a shot.

Thanks, I will give it a try, although I seen some pretty buggy IE after spyware gets done with it, I'll have to wait and find a good test for it.

another thing that bothers me is networking components
it use to be you could remove the TCP/IP from the network properties

and then there is the network adapters staying in the registry
and as far as I can tell can only be removed manually

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet\Control\Network

in most cases it doesn't matter but I seen these get totally messed up
pick an adapter any adapter..... it don't matter if it aint there no more.

then as for norton I really don't care for norton AV either
what is with this software that can't be uninstalled or easily uninstalled
or just leaves all those class identifiers in the registry