Tuesday, 21 December 2004

Microsoft's Plans for Anti-spyware: A Preview

In a follow up to Microsoft's acquisition of Giant Software, Paul Thurrott has thrown up an interesting preview of Microsoft's plans for Anti-spyware. In the preview he details the current technology from Giant Software and what Microsoft is planning to do with it. It's a great read and here's a clip:

"So now that Microsoft has purchased Giant and its anti-spyware solution, attention logically turns toward what the company will do with it. Previously, Microsoft had revealed that it would release an anti-spyware solution in 2005, a year ahead of the mid-2006 release of Longhorn (where its anti-spyware solution was originally set to appear). The company has internal anti-spyware and malware projects, codenamed Strider and GhostBuster, respectively, which would have fulfilled those goals, and sources I've spoken with suggest that Microsoft understands, perhaps better than anyone, how today's malicious spyware is now hooking into Windows systems and intends to rectify that situation."