Thanks j91 for the heads up on this public beta seen at Avirans Place, available to anyone who doesn't mind sharing their email address with Symantec (registration is required for the free download).
So heres Nortons take on a viable and lets face it, useful(!) AntiSpyware tool, of course you can expect that it will have more flexibility and features over Microsofts AntiSpyware (still in public beta, after more than 3 months and one major refresh).
Other companies are jumping on-board too, if you are a McAfee customer why not try their version of McAfee AntiSpyware 1.0, also a good choice if you prefer not to have a beta version of this useful tool on your PC.
One major difference between the three is that Norton and McAfee support other versions of Windows other than the Microsoft version which only supports Windows XP (and is free to all license holders of Windows XP, unlike McAfee and Norton AntiSpyware).
It seems that Microsoft have yet again set the trend and this will leave companies like Symantec and McAfee to reep from those benefits, and why not? Because after all, Microsft does well itself already don't we think? Read more for details.