Free Anti-Spyware: Is That So Wrong?
Millions have tried the beta, and now they can download the real thing as
Windows
Defender is done. Redmond's free anti-spyware program is now in version
1. Even better, the price hasn't changed: This little puppy is still free.
I am a friend of third parties, and if Defender was designed to undercut third-party
prices but still add a billion or two to the well-stuffed Microsoft coffers,
I'd be irritated. But a free tool to protect an OS we all depend on? Why, that's
Nobel Peace Prize-territory in my book.
Posted by Doug Barney on October 31, 2006