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Old 23-01-2005, 10:44 PM   #1
Bob Russell
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Default Bug: Detects MS screen saver as possible spyware


Antispyware detects the Microsoft screen saver ssmypics.scr
as a script, presumably based on the filename extension,
and asks whether it should be allowed to run. The file is
quite obviously a binary executable.
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Old 24-01-2005, 05:48 PM   #2
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If you are not sure if its safe or not: send some information about it here:
http://www.spynet.com/falsepositive.aspx

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"Bob Russell" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Antispyware detects the Microsoft screen saver ssmypics.scr
> as a script, presumably based on the filename extension,
> and asks whether it should be allowed to run. The file is
> quite obviously a binary executable.



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