# Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta1 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-antispyware-beta1/291388 "2005-02-22T19:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-antispyware-beta1/291388/1 "2005-02-22T19:33:06Z")
Has anyone other than me downloaded this? The first time I ran it, it discovered and removed Spybot worm and W32.Spybot.worm. Or so it said. I’ve run Spybot Search and Destroy many, many times and it never reported the presence of either of the two listed. Any opions? ---
**Author:** ![ookpik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@ookpik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ookpik)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-antispyware-beta1/291388/2 "2005-02-22T19:38:06Z")
I’ve been using it for about a month or two now. It’s actually pretty good, I like the idea of it monitoring in real time. Guess we’ll have to wait and see what hapens after the beta. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-antispyware-beta1/291388/3 "2005-02-22T19:40:12Z")
I dled it about a month ago, after seeing a thread about it here. It found some things that neither Spybot nor Ad-Aware found, but I’m not sure if they were threats to me to begin with, since I don’t use IE. I still have it, and run it whenever I run the other two just for the heck of it. I do like the Advanced Tools, particularly the System Explorers. No complaints from me. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-antispyware-beta1/291388/4 "2005-02-22T19:54:21Z")
No complaints from me either. It seems to do it’s job (however I didn’t have much of a problem with spyware beforehand) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-antispyware-beta1/291388/5 "2005-02-22T20:32:29Z")
I put the beta on my workstation, and about an hour later, the whole damn thing blew up. I can’t say for sure that it was the beta that did it, but I’m waiting for a while before I try it again… ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-antispyware-beta1/291388/6 "2005-02-22T21:02:54Z")
I have ti on my work computer. It found a bunch of stuff Adaware and Spybot didn’t find (are those two programs even being updated anymore?). But, I keep getting a TIB Porn Dialer reinstalled on my computer. It’ll find it and remove it when I boot but it can’t keep it from getting reinstalled. So it’s definitely not perfect… BTW, if anyone has any tips on how to get rid of the dialer without completely wiping my computer, I’m all ears…