US news site Neowin.net has just published the first screenshots of the beta version, putting a release date of 6 January on the beta.
When contacted by ZDnet UK sister site ZDNet France, Nicolas Mirail, technical head of security in Microsoft France, said: "We are already in the process of internal testing of the beta version of the anti-spyware, which will be released to the public in January."
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