Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Angela K Butcher

Greg S Melander

Jenny T Lam

Judson Craig Hally

Lynn M Muranaka

Cathelijne Bertels

Sterling M Reasor

Sean Olin Blagsvedt

Ahsan Syed Kabir

Peyman Oreizy

Donna B Andrews

Hilary K Palman

Marc E Seinfeld

Alvin Loh

Cornelius K Van Dok

Cornelius K Van Dock

Kalid M Azad

Paul J Bryan

A user interface is configured to identify and display each of the one or more service providers servicing the user's computing system. The interface also identifies the presence information that is being supplied to the service providers by the user's computing system for publication. The presence information that is provided to the service providers can include, but is not limited to, the name, alias, location, and network status of the user. A user can make global or discrete customized changes to the presence information that is provided to each of the service providers through the user interface. Modifications made to the presence information can also be made automatically to reflect a new condition or status in the user's presence on a network that is provided by a service provider.

Controlling publication of presence information

A system and method for identifying and removing potentially unwanted software. A mechanism is provided that identifies suspect programs to a user and allows the user to prevent the suspect programs from running without actually deleting them. In one embodiment, scanner data identifying potentially unwanted software is displayed in a GUI that allows the user to inhibit its continued execution. For example, any software not on a list of known, benign applications/processes may be identified as potentially unwanted. Similarly, software that displays one or more suspect behaviors may be so identified, allowing the user to distinguish between normal and suspect software without irreversibly altering the user's system.

Identifying and removing potentially unwanted software

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Angela K Butcher