Microsoft Unveils Anti-Spyware Tool
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Microsoft(MSFT Quote) launched a new, free anti-spyware product Thursday and announced plans to release a virus removal product next week, spurring more speculation about when the software behemoth will jump full force into the security market.
Based on technology acquired last month from Giant Company Software, the first beta of the anti-spyware software detects and removes spyware and improves Internet browsing safety, according to Microsoft.
In addition, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft said a new, free tool to remove malicious software -- developed from technology acquired from a Romanian firm in 2003 -- will be available Jan. 11. The tool removes viruses or worms that already have infected a computer and will be updated the second Tuesday of each month. ...
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