{"id":1617,"date":"2008-08-04T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcbook.local\/wds\/playground\/cybertrust\/2008\/08\/04\/free-microsoft-antispyware-site-helps-you-protect-your-computer\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T23:01:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:01:50","slug":"free-microsoft-antispyware-site-helps-you-protect-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2008\/08\/04\/free-microsoft-antispyware-site-helps-you-protect-your-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Microsoft antispyware site helps you protect your computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Microsoft just launched a new Windows Defender Web site dedicated to helping you fight spyware. <!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The new Windows Defender site features:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Links to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyId=435BFCE7-DA2B-4A6A-AFA4-F7F14E605A0D&amp;displaylang=en&amp;mg_id=10134\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">download Windows Defender<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, the free antispyware program from Microsoft.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A new <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">video demo<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> that explains how to use Windows Defender to defend your computer from spyware and other unwanted software.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\">list of spyware symptoms<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> so you know what to look for.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft just launched a new Windows Defender Web site dedicated to helping you fight spyware. 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