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Microsoft Anti-Spyware to Be Free of Charge
http://www.crit.org/articles/47/1/Microsoft-Anti-Spyware-to-Be-Free-of-Charge
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By Crit [dot] Org
Published on 02/16/2005
 

During his keynote speech at the at the RSA Security Conference Bill Gates announced that the Microsoft AntiSpyware will be offered for free.

'We've looked hard at the nature of this problem, and made a decision that this anti-spyware capability will become something that's available at no additional charge for Windows users -- both the blocking capability, and the scanning and removal capabilities.'

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx