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Users Irked By Windows Defender Beta 2 Expiration

Me, too -- Count me as "irked".

For some odd reason, I cannot manually removed (via Windows Add/Remove Programs) the old version, and therefore, cannot install the new version.

If anyone has any idea, leave a comment.

Gregg Keizer writes on InformationWeek:

The beta version of Microsoft's free anti-spyware software expired Sunday, leaving Windows 2000 users out in the cold and some Windows XP owners confused by cryptic error messages.

Windows Defender, the Redmond, Wash., developer's free-of-charge anti-spyware program for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, went final in late October. However, the last beta -- dubbed Beta 2 -- continued to work on systems, including PCs running Windows 2000, until Dec. 31, 2006.

posted by Fergie @ 1/02/2007 11:31:00 AM