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"[url="http://www.flexbeta.net/main/articles.php?action=show&id=84"]Flexbeta.net compares[/url] Microsoft's new spyware fighting tool, [url="https://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx"]Windows AntiSpyware[/url], to [url="http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware"]Ad-Aware[/url] and [url="http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html"]SpyBot S&D[/url]; the two leading spyware tools on the market today. The review sets up an infected PC using VMWare Workstation and scans the machine using all three tools to see which tool detects the most spyware. Though still in beta, Microsoft AntiSpyware does an amazing job at detecting spyware by finding twice as many infected files as Ad-Aware and nearly three times as SpyBot."

Microsoft AntiSpyware really is great. I [url="http://www.osdiscussion.com/showthread.php?t=1084"]tested it the other day[/url] it came out and found that if came up with a lot more detections than both AdAware and SpyBot.

Wow! It beat AdAware and SpyBot? Thats pretty crazy. I'm glad to see this awesome program coming out. I have used it and its really a great program.

I'm downloading it now...

well, they probably detect different kinds of things
also, if you have been running spybot/ad-aware, you may have removed all the things they can detect

I agree, with alexn, personally i prefer the new defender and adaware. anyone think much of the avg anti spy, the antivirus is pretty good.. regards jon