Thanks j91 for the heads up on this public beta seen at Avirans Place, available to anyone who doesn't mind sharing their email address with Symantec (registration is required for the free download).
So heres Nortons take on a viable and lets face it, useful(!) AntiSpyware tool, of course you can expect that it will have more flexibility and features over Microsofts AntiSpyware (still in public beta, after more than 3 months and one major refresh).
Other companies are jumping on-board too, if you are a McAfee customer why not try their version of McAfee AntiSpyware 1.0, also a good choice if you prefer not to have a beta version of this useful tool on your PC.
One major difference between the three is that Norton and McAfee support other versions of Windows other than the Microsoft version which only supports Windows XP (and is free to all license holders of Windows XP, unlike McAfee and Norton AntiSpyware).
It seems that Microsoft have yet again set the trend and this will leave companies like Symantec and McAfee to reep from those benefits, and why not? Because after all, Microsft does well itself already don't we think? Read more for details.
View: Sign up to download Norton AntiSpyware Beta
So heres Nortons take on a viable and lets face it, useful(!) AntiSpyware tool, of course you can expect that it will have more flexibility and features over Microsofts AntiSpyware (still in public beta, after more than 3 months and one major refresh).
Other companies are jumping on-board too, if you are a McAfee customer why not try their version of McAfee AntiSpyware 1.0, also a good choice if you prefer not to have a beta version of this useful tool on your PC.
One major difference between the three is that Norton and McAfee support other versions of Windows other than the Microsoft version which only supports Windows XP (and is free to all license holders of Windows XP, unlike McAfee and Norton AntiSpyware).
It seems that Microsoft have yet again set the trend and this will leave companies like Symantec and McAfee to reep from those benefits, and why not? Because after all, Microsft does well itself already don't we think? Read more for details.
View: Sign up to download Norton AntiSpyware Beta
Norton Internet Security™ 2005 AntiSpyware Edition provides essential protection from viruses, hackers, and privacy threats. This easy-to-use, integrated product includes virus protection, spyware removal, a firewall, intrusion prevention, privacy protection, spam detection, and content filtering.
This edition includes powerful new Norton™ Spyware Protection (available for Windows® 2000 and Windows XP only), which automatically detects and removes both spyware and adware. Norton Spyware Protection even helps you identify adware that’s needed to run programs you want.
Norton AntiVirus™ is the world’s most trusted antivirus solution.* Its Norton™ Internet Worm Protection blocks worms from entering your computer through direct Internet connections. And QuickScan allows you to run a fast, efficient virus and spyware check at any time. Norton™ Personal Firewall keeps personal data in and hackers out. Norton™ Privacy Control prevents personal information from being sent out without your knowledge.
Norton AntiSpam™ filters out unwanted email. To defend against email fraud, it even finds deceptive Web site addresses within messages. And Norton™ Parental Control helps you safeguard children from inappropriate content by blocking access to specified Web sites and newsgroups. Defend yourself, your family, and your PC online with the all-in-one protection of Norton Internet Security AntiSpyware Edition.
Ill stick with whatever is safer
The bloatware, spyware kings:
Microsoft
AOL
Realnetworks
Symantec (Norton, corporate stuff is still clean)
McAfee
Any time you install anything from one of these companies you get a bunch of unwanted suprises. Their software takes over other software, breaks things, pollutes the registry, phones home, and puts a bunch of links to things you don't want all over your start menu and desktop. In the case of Microsoft and AOL some of these links will even come back after you delete them! You might also remember how difficult M$ made it to remove Messenger initially, and we still have Explorer and Outlook forced upon us today.
You also get popups asking you to register, to complete surveys, and to try other products and services.
Can I get you a tissue? Outlook isn't forced down our throats, in fact, it doesn't come with Windows. Explorer? What's wrong with it? What does little shell used to view the files on your computer to have anything to do with spyware?
Complaining about those two things here that show your intelligence (and have nothing to do with you argument to begin with) and what crowd you cheer for.
I'm downloading this now but, I'm pretty sure it won't be a replacement for MS:AS
Just a suggestion: I'd actually really like to see a Neowin Review of these three programs performing against each other. It would be a test that wouldn't be that hard to do and I'd love to see who comes out on top.
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/produ.../privacyexpert/
Their True Image software is also briliant and has got me out of trouble plenty of times
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OMG your kidding, right? they BOUGHT a company that already made the product. Jesus you guys are so biased. Here, let me help you with a more correct phrasing:
"It seems that by buying Giant and brining focus on the spyware battlefront, Microsoft has yet again set a trend and this will leave companies like Symantec and McAfee to reep from those benefits, and why not? Read more for details."
See the difference? Unbelievable...
for instance, we're still at the point where antispyware product makers still aren't sharing databases to the same extent as antivirus producers, thusly we find that no one product is good enough to cover all fundamental installs of spy/adware.
also we're still not at the point where there is a good enterprise solution for antispyware. there are a couple on the market, but they're no where near as clever or managable as their AV counterparts. I'm personally hoping that microsoft are working on an enterprise version of MSAS because we for one would purchase it straight off the bat.
the only good enterprise products are the ones they bought from other people; eg powerquest. v2i (now livestate) and other imaging tools from pq spank ghost with pants down. their av products also leave a lot to be desired.
I run the Active-X Spyware Cleaner http://www.spywareinfo.com/xscan.php
Then Spybot S&D (cleaned most but didn't get rid of the bad ones)
Lavasoft Adaware (cleaned the rest and got rid of the bad ones S&D couldn't)
and i did have the Microsoft AntiSpyware tool on as well, but it did nothing, just allowed them to all flood in in the first place
Time to run System Restore....
Not true - microsoft antispyware currently supports windows 2000, 2003 server as well as xp. I'm running it on windows 2000 right now ...
Microsoft anti-spyware system requirements
To start, this is NOT a stand-alone antispyware solution, it is called "Norton Internet Security (NIS) Antispyware Edition". So you already know what this really is: a stupid and bloated firewall with antispyware capabilities. Oh.. and the download is 33MB.
Go to hell Symantec!!
NOD32 + MS: Antispyware all the way.
What ass sucking gayhead wrote that pish? Get a grip Neowin.
This isn't even true, I have it installed on my Windows 2000 machine and on my 2003 machine. I haven't tried it on the other 9x's though.
we'll see how this compares
EDIT:
nah this thing sucks
got Internet Securities Built in
so now nothing works
and it disabled my old AV in the process of installing
bleh
BulkWare
Last edited by 32784 on 20 Apr 2005 - 16:00
I liked Norton and used it up to the 2003 edition.
Tried 2004 but I was way too bloated and I decided it was time for a change.
So I made some research and NOD32 came up with very nice reviews/comments. If you check out http://www.virusbulletin.com/ you will see that NOD is #1 on the list and is the only antivirus that has NEVER failed to detect an In the Wild test sample. I am totally satisfied with it.. not bloated as Norton and works very very nice, I never got infected while using it.
NOD32 is not free.. but you can "use it for free" if you know what I mean.
this is all just my feelings, and doesn't reflect on any one elses choices.
Norton Internet Security '05 got installed, and looking through the panel, I don't think I saw anything that scanned for Spyware, unless it's tied in with the Antivirus scanner.
I uninstalled NAV after they started putting in a firewall I didn't ask for and my system has been running with a smaller memory load and faster both in disk access and Internet responsiveness. I haven't looked back. Once in a while I do a scan from another machine that has NAV2005 on it and still find nothing.
Spyware, yea, i sometimes pick up a little bit here and there but not one bit since IE6 SP1. I have MS Antispyware running realtime and use AdAware, Spybot and MS Antispyware if I need to clean but I haven't had to in months.
So - does anyone ever pickup viruses from downloaded files anymore (apart from alt.binaries (which I do run a scan on) or P2P sources (which I never use)?
Try running with AV - you'll think you reformatted and upgraded your HD. Even games run faster with AV scanning everything in the background.
In a recent run through a client's computer, Ad-Aware & Spybot failed to recognize several items of spyware (notable those that begin with VX) MS-AS Beta, not only recognized them, but cleaned them also.
I am wondering how much M$ is going to charge for MS-AS once it feels that the Beta has proven itself invaluable to the 1000's of users it has now.
Thanks for the loss of productivity Symantec!
Take that little cable out of your PC that connects it with the rest of the world.
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