Gates Lays Out Plans For Free Anti-Spyware and New Version of Internet Explorer
Tuesday February 15, 2005
Speaking at the RSA Security Conference, Bill Gates announced that Microsoft will make their Microsoft AntiSpyware product, currently released for beta testing, available for free to licensed owners of Microsoft Windows. The beta version of Microsoft AntiSpyware has gotten generally favorable reviews and has tested well against the competition. Gates also laid out plans for a new version of Internet Explorer, with beefed up security including stronger antispyware features, to be tested out this summer. For more information about Gates speech and the Microsoft AntiSpyware product, see this Yahoo News article: Microsoft Plans Free Anti-Spyware Program