Spybot comparison

MS Anti-Spyware seems to need some work detecting ad
related cookies. Below is a report from Spybot after scan
run by MS Anti-Spyware. MS found 6 spyware programs and
Spybot found none after MS ran. But there were quite a
few ad cookies not found in the MS scan. In fact MS found
no ad related cookies at all.
Here is a list of the cookies found by Spybot:

Advertising.com: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking
site (File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@advertising[2].txt

Advertising.com: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking
site (File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@servedby.advertising
[2].txt

Advertising.com: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking
site (File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@advertising[1].txt

Avenue A, Inc.: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking
site (File, fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@atdmt
[2].txt

BFast: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@bfast
[1].txt

Commission Junction: Tracking cookie or cookie of
tracking site (File, fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@qksrv
[2].txt

Commission Junction: Tracking cookie or cookie of
tracking site (File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@commission-junction
[1].txt

CoreMetrics: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
(File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@data.coremetrics[1].txt

DoubleClick: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
(File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@doubleclick[2].txt

FastClick: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
(File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@fastclick[2].txt

Gator: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@gator
[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
ignitemedia.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
leapfrog.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
mtv.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
newsinternational.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
salonmedia.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
techtarget.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@hitbox
[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@phg.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
uniontrib.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
tigerdirect2.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
schwannssales.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
oreilly.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
nestleusainc.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
learningco.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
kohls.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
gooseberry.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
buyseasons.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
dig.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
directv.hitbox[2].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
foxsports.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
cbs.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
bizjournals.hitbox[1].txt

HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
fixed)
C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
bestbuy.hitbox[1].txt

HitsLink: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
(File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@counter.hitslink[2].txt

MediaPlex: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
(File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@mediaplex[1].txt

ValueClick: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
(File, fixed)
C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@valueclick[2].txt

The cookie function does not work in this BETA version.

Steve Wechsler (akaMowGreen)
MVP Windows Server

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> MS Anti-Spyware seems to need some work detecting ad
> related cookies. Below is a report from Spybot after scan
> run by MS Anti-Spyware. MS found 6 spyware programs and
> Spybot found none after MS ran. But there were quite a
> few ad cookies not found in the MS scan. In fact MS found
> no ad related cookies at all.
> Here is a list of the cookies found by Spybot:
>
> Advertising.com: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking
> site (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@advertising[2].txt
>
> Advertising.com: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking
> site (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@servedby.advertising
> [2].txt
>
> Advertising.com: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking
> site (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@advertising[1].txt
>
> Avenue A, Inc.: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking
> site (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@atdmt
> [2].txt
>
> BFast: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@bfast
> [1].txt
>
> Commission Junction: Tracking cookie or cookie of
> tracking site (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@qksrv
> [2].txt
>
> Commission Junction: Tracking cookie or cookie of
> tracking site (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@commission-junction
> [1].txt
>
> CoreMetrics: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
> (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@data.coremetrics[1].txt
>
> DoubleClick: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
> (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@doubleclick[2].txt
>
> FastClick: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
> (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@fastclick[2].txt
>
> Gator: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@gator
> [1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> ignitemedia.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> leapfrog.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> mtv.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> newsinternational.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> salonmedia.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> techtarget.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@hitbox
> [1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@phg.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> uniontrib.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> tigerdirect2.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> schwannssales.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> oreilly.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> nestleusainc.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> learningco.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> kohls.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> gooseberry.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> buyseasons.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> dig.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> directv.hitbox[2].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> foxsports.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> cbs.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> bizjournals.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitBox: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File,
> fixed)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@ehg-
> bestbuy.hitbox[1].txt
>
> HitsLink: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
> (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@counter.hitslink[2].txt
>
> MediaPlex: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
> (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@mediaplex[1].txt
>
> ValueClick: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site
> (File, fixed)
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\Heather\Cookies\heather@valueclick[2].txt