Friday, March 04, 2005

Microsoft promises free anti-spyware, new version of IE  The company, by midyear, plans to release a test version of a new Internet Explorer browser that better protects users from scams and malicious code while surfing the Web, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said in a keynote address at the RSA Conference 2005 in San Francisco.  Microsoft bought anti-spyware software maker Giant Company Software in December and released a beta of Windows AntiSpyware in January. In addition to its free consumer product, Microsoft will offer a for-pay anti-spyware product for corporate users that will support enterprise needs for management and deployment, said Amy Roberts, a director in Microsoft's Security Business and Technology Unit. Roberts would not say when the enterprise anti-spyware product will be available. 2:10:28 PM    comment []