Whilst online our computers send information back and forth to software suppliers and may report anything regarding your Windows operating system. Windows ships with a background service that examines your system and checks it against a Microsoft database. It enables you to receive updates, automatically. Snag is, how do you know what information is being transferred regarding your system contents and although it may be nothing sinister, but everyone has a right to be wary about sharing information of any kind.

XP-AntiSpy 3.97-5 is a small but handy utility that enables users to disable some of the built-in update and authentication features within Windows. You can turn off anything that requires you to share information (personal or regarding your system), over the Internet. To turn off these features, simply click off the supplied checkbox and quit the application.

XP-AntiSpy 3.97-5 link.

07 Nov 2009