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Michael
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      3rd Mar 2005
Ran SpyBot Search and Destroy 1.3 and it found 43 problems.

Installed AntiSpyware 1.0.509 and ran a quick scan, it did
not detect any problems.

Updated AntiSpyware to definition 5693, ran a quick scan,
and it still did not detect problems.

Ran Deep Scan and it still did not detect any problems.

Any suggestions as to what may be causing the difference in
detection?
 
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Andre Da Costa
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      3rd Mar 2005
AntiSpyware said to tell it is sorry for not finding them because it is
beta. I don't know, some products work differently. Could you put a listing
of what it did not find and also send a spyware report from the Tools menu?

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FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:244901c51f84$35832b20$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ran SpyBot Search and Destroy 1.3 and it found 43 problems.
>
> Installed AntiSpyware 1.0.509 and ran a quick scan, it did
> not detect any problems.
>
> Updated AntiSpyware to definition 5693, ran a quick scan,
> and it still did not detect problems.
>
> Ran Deep Scan and it still did not detect any problems.
>
> Any suggestions as to what may be causing the difference in
> detection?



 
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Rob
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      3rd Mar 2005
I believe that the beta release does not check for the (low risk) presence of
cookies/dataminers.
Is this what Spybot was reporting?

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Rob
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"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:244901c51f84$35832b20$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ran SpyBot Search and Destroy 1.3 and it found 43 problems.
>
> Installed AntiSpyware 1.0.509 and ran a quick scan, it did
> not detect any problems.
>
> Updated AntiSpyware to definition 5693, ran a quick scan,
> and it still did not detect problems.
>
> Ran Deep Scan and it still did not detect any problems.
>
> Any suggestions as to what may be causing the difference in
> detection?



 
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      3rd Mar 2005
Can't put up a listing because I had SpyBot do a cleanup
but I did send a report.

>-----Original Message-----
>AntiSpyware said to tell it is sorry for not finding them

because it is
>beta. I don't know, some products work differently. Could

you put a listing
>of what it did not find and also send a spyware report

from the Tools menu?
>
>--
>
>Andre
>http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>FAQ for MS AntiSpy

http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>
>"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in

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>news:244901c51f84$35832b20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Ran SpyBot Search and Destroy 1.3 and it found 43 problems.
>>
>> Installed AntiSpyware 1.0.509 and ran a quick scan, it did
>> not detect any problems.
>>
>> Updated AntiSpyware to definition 5693, ran a quick scan,
>> and it still did not detect problems.
>>
>> Ran Deep Scan and it still did not detect any problems.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to what may be causing the difference in
>> detection?

>
>
>.
>

 
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      3rd Mar 2005
Yes, SpyBot was reporting cookies/dataminers.

>-----Original Message-----
>I believe that the beta release does not check for the

(low risk) presence of
>cookies/dataminers.
>Is this what Spybot was reporting?
>
>--
>Regards;
>Rob
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in

message
>news:244901c51f84$35832b20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Ran SpyBot Search and Destroy 1.3 and it found 43 problems.
>>
>> Installed AntiSpyware 1.0.509 and ran a quick scan, it did
>> not detect any problems.
>>
>> Updated AntiSpyware to definition 5693, ran a quick scan,
>> and it still did not detect problems.
>>
>> Ran Deep Scan and it still did not detect any problems.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to what may be causing the difference in
>> detection?

>
>
>.
>

 
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Andre Da Costa
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      3rd Mar 2005
And you can expect Microsoft to do justice by MSAS by beta 2.

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Andre
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FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3e7b01c52032$b20eb890$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, SpyBot was reporting cookies/dataminers.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I believe that the beta release does not check for the

> (low risk) presence of
>>cookies/dataminers.
>>Is this what Spybot was reporting?
>>
>>--
>>Regards;
>>Rob
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in

> message
>>news:244901c51f84$35832b20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Ran SpyBot Search and Destroy 1.3 and it found 43 problems.
>>>
>>> Installed AntiSpyware 1.0.509 and ran a quick scan, it did
>>> not detect any problems.
>>>
>>> Updated AntiSpyware to definition 5693, ran a quick scan,
>>> and it still did not detect problems.
>>>
>>> Ran Deep Scan and it still did not detect any problems.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions as to what may be causing the difference in
>>> detection?

>>
>>
>>.
>>



 
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