We're working on a "MS Antispyware or Windows Defender" rule to  
replace our MS Antispyware rule.  It doesn't look like it will be too  
difficult to do, but it's going to be a lot of checks...  I'll post  
what we have when it's finished, hopefully by Friday.

Michael Grinnell
Network Security Administrator
The American University
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On Feb 21, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Mike Binns wrote:

> I feel it has removed a number of the good points of Microsoft
> AntiSpyware, specifically the functionality in the real time section
> (colored alerts) and all the advanced tools.
>
> I really liked MSAS, but do not feel the same about Windows Defender.
>
>
> -Mike Binns
> Internet Manager
> Gordon College
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perfigo SecureSmart and CleanMachines Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lanstein, Alex C
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:35 AM
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> Subject: Re: Microsoft Antispyware
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> Any tried it yet?  I gave it a shot this week...I really am not
> impressed.  The interface seems hokey to me, and it's unnecessarily
> frilly in all the wrong areas.
>
> Alex
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> Joyce, Todd N
> Sent: Tue 2/21/2006 8:13 AM
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> Subject: Microsoft Antispyware
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> The name has changed and so has the registry key but I have not found
> the key yet.
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>
> Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta):
> Windows Defender (Beta 2) is the final name for Microsoft's  
> antispyware
> solution. Current Windows AntiSpyware (Beta 1) customers will be
> notified automatically to upgrade.
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> todd
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> Todd Joyce
> Network Services
> Radford University - The Smart Choice
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