Microsoft's release of an antispyware tool is overdue, said Russ Cooper, editor of the NTBugTraq newslist and an analyst at Herndon, Va.-based TruSecure Corp. Microsoft plans to update the product with new virus signatures every month along with its monthly patches, Carroll said. The tool, available through Windows Update, is based on technology that Microsoft acquired from its 2003 purchase of Romanian antivirus software maker GeCAD Software. The tool consolidates a series of tools that Microsoft has shipped since January 2004, each targeting a single virus, worm or variants, including Blaster, Mydoom and Download.Ject. Microsoft this morning also released a malicious-software-removal tool designed to scan and clean up infected PCs of worms, viruses and other malicious code. But there will be at least one more free beta version before general release of a formal antispyware tool, she said. No decision has yet been made on whether Microsoft will continue to make the tool available for free download or whether it will eventually start charging for it, Carroll said. The software is available for Microsoft Windows 2000 and later versions. The software is available as a free download from Microsoft's Web site and is designed to help users detect, block and clean up spyware from infected systems, said Amy Carroll, director of Microsoft's security business and technology unit.
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