Re: Spyware remover in Updates?

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:00:37 -0600

It's a beta and has caused some users lots of trouble. Be careful about
what you let it delete. Quarantying is much better. 

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"DrJoel" <joelw135@comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:oJKdna0At9NVnXHcRVn-iA@comcast.com...
>I think that this application runs in the background and only pops up if it 
>finds something.
>
> "Steve N." <me@here.now> wrote in message 
> news:rySGd.9022$pZ4.6240@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> Harold Gunn wrote:
>>
>>> When I scanned at the XP site this week, one of the two recommended 
>>> updates was a spyware removal tool of some sort. I installed it, but see 
>>> no reference to it in programs or control panel. What is it and how does 
>>> it work?
>>>
>>> I know about the new MS anti-spyware beta, so I'm pretty sure I'm not 
>>> confusing it with something else. Thanks..
>>
>> You're asking for trouble if you just go ahead with caution to the wind 
>> and install stuff you don't know about, even if it is from Microsoft.
>>
>> Read first, install later.
>>
>> Steve

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