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Windows Defender statistics released
arstechnica.com — Microsoft has decided to release the numbers to show just how successful Windows Defender has been in removing spyware from infected PCs. Basing their statistics on the first three months of Windows Defender Beta 2's lifetime, Microsoft found that the software discovered 22 million pieces of spyware and successfully removed 14 million of them.
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- cday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Interesting article. To be honest, any anti-spyware app is only as good as its last update. It always makes me shudder when I get someone's computer to clean up, after they've assured me that they have all the best anti-whateverware installed, only to find that none of them have been updated in months. argh.
One thing I noticed in the comments area of the article was that some didn't seem to know that AVG purchased ewido and now offers a free (for personal use) anti-spyware as well as their free anti-virus. I've been running it for a couple of weeks now and it seems to do a good job (it's unobtrusive and updates automatically...haven't had any spyware for it to find, so I can't speak for how well it handles that part). http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5
Also, there is a new security suite from eEye that is also free for personal use. I haven't tried it yet, but did download it.
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/10/23/eeye_security/- PauliShore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I actually had no idea that AVG purchased ewido. I've used ewido's products in the past and loved them.
- wallclimber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The scary part is the fact that there are actually 22 million pieces of spyware to find in the first place. And those are just the ones that are known. Rather sobering to think about.
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