Differences between Microsoft anti-spyware and malicious removal tools

The cooling in Guangzhou over the past few days has finally made berwolf really feel the subtropical winter. It turns out so cute. Although the temperature is low, Microsoft's wind in the IT industry is still very hot, especially since the appearance of Windows XP SP2, this is the safest Service Pack in history that Microsoft has been advocating, but it is a slap in the face of Microsoft. The vulnerability is like a ball in the eye, people's fantasies about security have been shattered. However, Microsoft never seems to be worried about these issues. Apart from the proved insecure SP2, giant Raymond has made two new moves: anti-Spyware and malware removal tools.

At first glance, it seems that there are too many things in common, and facts prove that these two things make most users confused, so that after berwolf writes the malware removal tool, the user's response was surprisingly strong. Naturally, there was something to say, and this was not clear. The following explains the differences between the two things, what is spyware and malware? I hope you will have a clear outline, and you will not be charged for these terms.

I. What are the differences between Microsoft's Anti-Spyware and Malicious Software Tools?

In comparison, the Anti-Spyware icons are similar to arrows, while the icons of malware removal tools are similar to a patch, such:

The size of the anti-spyware installer is about 6 MB, and the size of the malware removal tool is about KB, for example:

The Anti-Spyware software must be installed before it can be used normally, and the malware removal tool does not need to be installed. You can directly click or decompress the software and then use it directly.

In addition, anti-spyware Microsoft official: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? FamilyId = 321CD7A2-6A57-4C57-A8BD-DBF62EDA9671 & displaylang = en

Malware removal tools official: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? Displaylang = zh-cn & FamilyID = ad724ae0-e72d-4f54-9ab3-75b8eb148356

In short, anti-spyware is used to protect the system from all types of spyware (which will be introduced later) and protect the browser from hijacking of various types of hijacking programs, protecting the system from illegal scripts, controls, and so on, while the function of malware removal tool is currently extremely simple: remove the software in the list of malware provided by the tool, for details, refer to Microsoft's temptation: MS Anti-Spyware review! And basically, the two can be differentiated from each other in terms of appearance, but some users may ask, even so, what is the real difference between them? It depends on what functions they implement.

2. When did I talk so much about spyware? What is malware? What is the relationship between them and viruses?

Spyware can be attached to shared files, executable images, and a variety of free software, and can be used to sneak into the user's system without the user's knowledge.

Spyware is mainly used to track users' online habits. Some spyware can also record users' keyboard operations and capture and transmit screen images. Spyware is always bundled with other programs, and it is difficult for users to find out when they are installed.

Once spyware enters the computer system, it is very difficult to completely clear them, and spyware is often a dangerous tool in the hands of criminals. By visiting a website, you may also be using spyware. This is also the reason why spyware has attracted great attention from the security community some time ago: It is too concealed and too tricky to find out.

Malware: "malware" refers to viruses, worms, and Trojans that intentionally execute malicious tasks on computer systems.

Well, now we should have a general understanding of the two types of stuff, Simply put: spyware = malware.

It should be said that Microsoft's hype has indeed reached the peak level. In May last July, the news began to show that it was about to provide anti-virus software. The whole world is looking forward to seeing this software, after seeing the true face of AntiSpyware, Microsoft's "malware removal tool" finally met the world, but the interval between the two was too short, which of the following is why many people confuse the two?

What are the differences between malware and traditional defined viruses? Is this a text game played by Microsoft and its users? Who is more like anti-virus software than the instant update of traditional anti-virus software? What can we do besides waiting and guessing.