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False positives on restricted zone sites

 
 
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      7th Jan 2005
SpywareBlaster puts a large number of sites in the
restricted zone.

AntiSpyware complained about one of these. AntiSpyware
complained about the following reg key as an elevated
risk.

SearchSquire
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSet
tings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com * 4

 
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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
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      9th Jan 2005
"User" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> SpywareBlaster puts a large number of sites in the
> restricted zone.
>
> AntiSpyware complained about one of these. AntiSpyware
> complained about the following reg key as an elevated
> risk.
>
> SearchSquire
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSet
> tings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com * 4


See http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/SearchSquire.html

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      9th Jan 2005
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> "User" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:120701c4f506$75e04f20$(E-Mail Removed)
>> SpywareBlaster puts a large number of sites in the
>> restricted zone.
>>
>> AntiSpyware complained about one of these. AntiSpyware
>> complained about the following reg key as an elevated
>> risk.
>>
>> SearchSquire
>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSet
>> tings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com * 4

>
> See http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/SearchSquire.html
>


Frank,
This is a minor issue, but I had tried addressing it with Giant previously
as well. What the OP is reporting is that the software is identifying it as
spyware and wanting to remove it, but what it is actually detecting is a
registry entry which puts SearchSquire in the restricted sites zone. This
is a proper registry entry to make sure that if you inadvertently hit a site
that tries to load something from SearchSquire it will use the restricted
sites security thus protecting you. No one is saying that Search Squire is
not spyware, what we are saying is we want to keep this website in our
restricted sites zone. Giant's software would frequently report these types
of entries as spyware. Any chance of getting someone to take a look at
this? It really does need to get corrected. I'm capable of spotting them
and setting the software to ignore, but others will remove it and in effect
lessen their security instead of enhancing it.


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Bill Sanderson
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      10th Jan 2005
FWIW, this is one of the most-posted false positives in this beta--so I
think it is very likely that it is being looked at.

"Spider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "User" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:120701c4f506$75e04f20$(E-Mail Removed)
>>> SpywareBlaster puts a large number of sites in the
>>> restricted zone.
>>>
>>> AntiSpyware complained about one of these. AntiSpyware
>>> complained about the following reg key as an elevated
>>> risk.
>>>
>>> SearchSquire
>>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSet
>>> tings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com * 4

>>
>> See http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/SearchSquire.html
>>

>
> Frank,
> This is a minor issue, but I had tried addressing it with Giant previously
> as well. What the OP is reporting is that the software is identifying it
> as spyware and wanting to remove it, but what it is actually detecting is
> a registry entry which puts SearchSquire in the restricted sites zone.
> This is a proper registry entry to make sure that if you inadvertently hit
> a site that tries to load something from SearchSquire it will use the
> restricted sites security thus protecting you. No one is saying that
> Search Squire is not spyware, what we are saying is we want to keep this
> website in our restricted sites zone. Giant's software would frequently
> report these types of entries as spyware. Any chance of getting someone
> to take a look at this? It really does need to get corrected. I'm
> capable of spotting them and setting the software to ignore, but others
> will remove it and in effect lessen their security instead of enhancing
> it.
>
>
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>
> Spider
> http://web.tampabay.rr.com/spider1
>
>



 
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