Windows Defender Beta 2 will add support for Outlook, a new interface, and automated updates to the spyware definitions and scanning engine. Where Beta 1 has been available only for Windows XP, Beta 2 will run on other Windows versions. Windows Defender, Microsoft’s free anti-spyware program that’s been in beta for more than a year,

Among the few new features in Norton Internet Security 2006, the most notable is the new spyware-detection utility that has automatic-update capability. It’s a great feature that effectively counters the growing spyware threat that plagues countless computers. The Symantec has upgraded the software’s scanning engines and program definitions, but — outside of a few new