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Microsoft has released Windows Defender Beta 2 (formerly Anti-Spyware) which protects your computer from spyware and other computer baddies. New features of Windows Defender include:
A redesigned and simplified user interface – Incorporating feedback from our customers, the Windows Defender UI has been redesigned to make common tasks easier to accomplish with a warning system that adapts alert levels according to the severity of a threat so that it is less intrusive overall, but still ensures the user does not miss the most urgent alerts.
Improved detection and removal – Based on a new engine, Windows Defender is able to detect and remove more threats posed by spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Real Time Protection has also been enhanced to better monitor key points in the operating system for changes. Protection for all users – Windows Defender can be run by all users on a computer with or without administrative privileges. This ensures that all users on a computer are protected by Windows Defender.
An early version of this software turned me off because it kept me from running Cygwin (the irony!) but that little problem – plus the inability to wrestle the software into submission – seems to have been resolved in this version. While an Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy combo has been my computer’s preferred cocktail, the nice thing about Windows Defender is that it can do automated, scheduled scans, a feature not available in the free version of Ad-Aware. Free download, Windows only, Windows validation required.
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