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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:07:07 -0000
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Giant step for Microsoft spyware killer
Published: January 5, 2005, 5:49 AM PST
By
Christophe Guillemin
Special to CNET News.com
Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on its spyware killer, which is 
based
on technology from a recently acquired company, Giant Software. The beta 
version
is expected to debut in a few days.
Microsoft's
December purchase of Giant
, a small U.S. publisher of spyware detection software, put Microsoft in a 
position
to offer an antispyware application of its own.
Spyware
 is software that can, among other things, inundate users with unwanted 
pop-ups and
surreptitiously monitor a computer's activity.
The technology enthusiast Web site Neowin.net has just published the first 
screenshots
of the beta version, putting a release date of Thursday on the beta. Nicolas
Mirail, technical head of security at Microsoft France, told ZDNet 
France:
"We are already in the process of internal testing of the beta version of 
the antispyware
(program), which will be released to the public in January," he said. "No 
precise
release date has been set yet."
Microsoft is also keeping quiet about whether the application, which will be

compatible
with Windows 2000 and later versions of the operating system, is designed to

be an
integrated part of Windows, like a security patch, or if it will be 
distributed or
sold separately.
The Redmond, Wash., company is also working on
antivirus software
, which is likely to be a standalone offering. The antivirus tool is 
expected to
be released this year.
Christophe Guillemin of
ZDNet France
 reported from Paris.


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