Giant Anti-Spyware vs Microsot Anti-Spyware

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I am not sure if I am right or not.

Before Microsoft buyout Giant, the Giant Anti-Spyware software is already
out in the market. I suppose that it is a working version and not a beta.
After the buyout, Microsoft removed some functionality and made it a beta
version. After reading the beta newsgroup, I had the feeling that it sees
like the MS Anti-Spyware was unable to detect some of the adware and spyware
that Lavasoft's Adware and Webroot's Spy Sweeper can detect. However,
somewhere, I read an article that Giant's AntiSpyware software's detection
rate is better than Adware and Webroot's Spy Sweeper. Do any expert know
why is there such a difference?

Thanks...
 
You are obviously reading reports that are 6 months or more old. That is
about how long MS has had control of the program.

A lot changes in 6 months in the spyware scene. The report is not valid any
longer.

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Read the responses to the messages that state that ad-aware etc find
additional items.

One of the things removed from the Giant product was cookie scanning.
 
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