Viewing Articles with the tag: spyware
Security Task Manager hits the spot?
04.Nov.06 | Leave a Comment
After the first week of using a computer that’s been online more than an hour, getting updates, doing software installs, etc, the formerly pristine condition, and trustworthiness of it is in doubt. Recently at my work some work stations got set up sans anti-virus software for around 12 hours on a high-speed connection and they [...]
WGA - No Kill Switch
02.Jul.06 | 1 Comment
In a recent WGA article, I mentioned Ed Bott’s article about a theorized/alleged “kill switch” in the Windows Genuine Advantage stuff. On Friday, Computerworld.com posted an article with a quote from Microsoft denying such a thing.
“No, Microsoft antipiracy technologies cannot and will not turn off your computer,” said a spokeswoman with Waggener Edstrom, Microsoft’s [...]
WGA Changes
28.Jun.06 | 1 Comment
Microsoft put out this press release this week to announce some changes with Windows Genuine Advantage.
If you cut to the chase:
The updated package includes some notable changes to the software based on customer feedback from the previous version.
No daily configuration check
In the pilot phase, a PC that had installed WGA Notifications checked a [...]
WGA - Spyware?
15.Jun.06 | 2 Comments
Perhaps I shouldn’t have taken the effort to get WGA Validation stuff installed. After reading this article from Windows Secrets titled, “Genuine Advantage is Microsoft spyware” I’m feeling a bit suckered. I’ll say that article is bit “excitable”, but geeze. There are some interesting claims in there. Well worth a look [...]
Windows Defender Beta 2 - First glance
14.Feb.06 | Leave a Comment
Got the new beta 2 of Windows Defender installed tonight, and can confirm that it will cheerfully (and very silently) uninstall the previous beta (windows antispyware) should that currently be installed. Installation is painless, only snag was the usual pain in the butt related to doing the “prove you’re legal” thing with Microsoft whilst [...]
