[adamsjas]

My comprehensive list of fully-automatic and free (for home use) protection is: AVG Antivirus from Grisoft ZoneAlarm firewall Spybot Search-and-Destroy (including TeaTimer) SpywareBlaster(even if you don't bother to manually update it) Microsoft Anti-Spyware (yeah, really)

What kind of fool would trust the same company that wrote that buggy, total seive of an operating system in the first place write an Anti-Spyware program?

My god man, get a clue.

[Turbopilot]

Windows XP SP2 is neither "buggy" nor a "total seive (sic)". XP for home users has always been vastly better than the crap 95/98/ME line, though until SP2 I preferred 2K.

Personally, I don't care what OS anyone else uses, unlike certain *nix or MacOS fanboys. But I'm willing to bet that you couldn't do a thing to my XP machine.

By the way, the Microsoft antispyware app was written by GIANT and bought by Microsoft, so the "same company" didn't write it. Somehow, I don't see that fact affecting you in any way.

[pt17]

What kind of fool would trust the same company that wrote that buggy, total seive of an operating system in the first place write an Anti-Spyware program? My god man, get a clue.

I don't think MS wrote it - I believe they bought the (very) good product Giant had.

[SandwicheGuy]

My god man, get a clue.

I would like to debate you on why you think anyone who does not suscribe to your world view needs a 'clue.' But anyone who cannot capitalize God is a lost cause. Let's try again this again when you mature.