microsoft anti spyware
microsoft anti spywareThis article or section does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations.Windows Defender, previously known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a software product from Microsoft designed to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware on Microsoft's Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista operating systems. It is available as a free download from Microsoft's web site, currently in beta-testing, and will be integrated into future versions of Windows Vista. Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Microsoft Windows Anti. OverviewWindows Defender Version 1. 1. 1051. 0 running on Microsoft Windows XPWindows Defender is based on GIANT AntiSpyware, which was originally developed by GIANT Company Software, Inc. Thursday, June 29, 2006. The company's acquisition was announced by Microsoft on December 16, 2004. While the original GIANT AntiSpyware supported older versions of Windows, support for the Windows 9x line of operating systems was dropped. However, Sunbelt Software, which was originally GIANT's partner, sells a product based in the same technology called Counterspy which still has support for older Microsoft operating systems. At the 2005 RSA Security conference, Chief Software Architect and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, announced that Windows Defender (which was actually known as Microsoft AntiSpyware prior to November 4, 2005) will be made available free of charge to all validly licensed Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 users to help secure Windows users world-wide against the increasing threat of malware. It's a little Microsoft-centric, but we generally like the software giant's |