False positive, searchsquire

Quoting Scan History Details:
SearchSquire Adware more information...
Details: SearchSquire is an Internet Explorer sidebar
containing paid links that open when you use search
engines.
Status: Ignored
Elevated threat - Elevated threats are usually threats
that fall into the range of adware in which data about a
user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for
analysis without your consent or knowledge.

Infected registry keys/values detected
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com * 4

Ending quote of Scan History Details

I don't believe that those registry settings indicate that
searchsquire adware is installed. Instead, I interpret
those registry settings as an appropriate measure to block
access to searchsquire.com by adding *.searchsquire.com to
the Restricted Sites list.

>-----Original Message-----
>Quoting Scan History Details:
>SearchSquire Adware more information...
>Details: SearchSquire is an Internet Explorer sidebar
>containing paid links that open when you use search
>engines.
>Status: Ignored
>Elevated threat - Elevated threats are usually threats
>that fall into the range of adware in which data about a
>user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for
>analysis without your consent or knowledge.
>
>Infected registry keys/values detected
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on
>\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on
>\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com * 4
>
>Ending quote of Scan History Details
>
>I don't believe that those registry settings indicate
that
>searchsquire adware is installed. Instead, I interpret
>those registry settings as an appropriate measure to
block
>access to searchsquire.com by adding *.searchsquire.com
to
>the Restricted Sites list.



Yes, I also belive that's a false positive. It's one of
the items set by Spybot Search & Destroy (immunize).

That would explain why I saw it on the vast majority of machines I've run
scans on so far.

"Brian" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01c801c4f43a$4aff43a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Quoting Scan History Details:
>>SearchSquire Adware more information...
>>Details: SearchSquire is an Internet Explorer sidebar
>>containing paid links that open when you use search
>>engines.
>>Status: Ignored
>>Elevated threat - Elevated threats are usually threats
>>that fall into the range of adware in which data about a
>>user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for
>>analysis without your consent or knowledge.
>>
>>Infected registry keys/values detected
>>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
> on
>>\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com
>>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
> on
>>\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\searchsquire.com * 4
>>
>>Ending quote of Scan History Details
>>
>>I don't believe that those registry settings indicate
> that
>>searchsquire adware is installed. Instead, I interpret
>>those registry settings as an appropriate measure to
> block
>>access to searchsquire.com by adding *.searchsquire.com
> to
>>the Restricted Sites list.
>
>
>
> Yes, I also belive that's a false positive. It's one of
> the items set by Spybot Search & Destroy (immunize).