| Microsoft's antispyware entry I see a few people happy about Microsoft's entry into the antispyware market. I don't view their entry as a good thing. Especially since it will be free (for now). They very nearly killed off competition in the browser market. They had the resources to create a better browser yet were the last to implement pop up blocking. Once they kill off spybot, adaware, mcafee, symantec... what makes you think they won't once again lapse into complacency? That, of coarse, is assuming complacency to begin with and not kickbacks from "marketing" companies that didn't want pop up blocking? Furthermore why would you trust your security solely to the same company that created the holes and has been documented to cover up and deny them on occasion rather than fix them? If the competition goes out of business due to monopolistic practices then you may not have much of a choice. I don't want any one company to control security and certainly not the fox guarding the hen house. |
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| ... is itself akin to the problem of spyware.
Micro$oft seems to be taking the position that although they aren't good enough to make Windows impervious to this kind of attack, the will sell you additional functionality to protect you from spyware. Providing, of course, that the spyware doesn't slip through the cracks that they've already acknowledge they cannot fix and does permanent damage to your system. |
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| Oops. Forgot a point. When Microsoft is the last spyware watcher who will catch Microsoft's spyware? |
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 keith2468Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB | reply to abby normal
MS Entry Not Stopping You Supporting Other Prodcts So carry on supporting to your favorite anti-spyware product through Paypal.
The MS product is only an additional ASW product.
There is nothing saying you must install or, or that you can't continue to use and support other ASW products.
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