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[Exclusive] Windows Anti-Spyware development to be dropped?

Daylene   on 11 August 2005 - 01:02 · 114 comments & 52815 views

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Recently, Neowin has acquired some insider information stemming from a Windows One Care (WOC) beta chat. Below is a snippet of a question asked by a user:

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User: Will Anti-spyware survive as a separate app once Windows One Care (WOC) is released?

(Ms Expert Name): Your MS antispwyare beta has an expiration date, beyond which it will no longer be supported. WOC does have plans to integrate Antispyware in the future

What this means, is that its very likely that the development of the current Microsoft antispyware program will be dropped until it becomes integrated into Windows One Care. Due to the fact that Windows One Care will be subscription based, the Microsoft antispyware tool will no longer be free. Users will be required to pay annually to use Microsoft's Anti-Spyware tool along with some other Helpful Windows tools.

Additional Information:
Screenshot: One Care Beta Chat
View: Windows One Care Live site

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#1 vetbangbang023 on 11 Aug 2005 - 01:25
So it's not going to be free, at all? That kind of sucks, no? OneCare is still young, so maybe they'll change their mind, otherwise people are not going to be any happier with them.
(2 replies) #2 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00
#2.1 vetbangbang023 on 11 Aug 2005 - 01:28
He's simply reading what was submitted. I keep reading over it and it seems to say the same thing: Anti-Spyware will be integrated into the pay package and the current free betas will expire and no longer be supported.
#2.2 vetbangbang023 on 11 Aug 2005 - 01:33
That's also a way to look at it, I guess. Well, either way, maybe MS will see this and give us some clearer information in regards to these apparent statements.

I'm interested to know because, as of now, I recommend MS-AS to my friends and family since it's one of the easiest to use.
(1 reply) #3 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00
#3.1 vetbangbang023 on 11 Aug 2005 - 16:19
If you were in the chat last night, you would see that many of the complaints you mentioned are being addresses or, at least, considered. About the anti-spyware question, I didn't even notice it until it was posted here. The damn questions and answers were being posted way too quickly.

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