Not all spyware/adware detected

I would like to suggest a place where Beta users can post
spyware that was not detected. If anyone at Microsoft
actually reads this, please consider it. I installed the
Beta last night on my home PC and, within minutes after
the reboot, started seeing pop-ups. I ran another spyware
application to see if the pop-ups were a seperate issue
and just to compare. It found twelve 'suspects'. One of
them was the infamous GAIN. To be fair, only one was
actually spyware; however, that is one too many. I am
willing to pay for a subscription service that works (like
I do for my virus protection). But I would not pay for
something that 'mostly' works.

Here are a couple of comments:

1) Cookie scanning is not enabled in this beta of the product. This
accounts for a good many of the differences in scans from this product and
others such as Lavasoft's Ad-aware Personal SE and Spybot Search & Destroy.

2) If you have spyware in place and it isn't being recognized by Microsoft
AntiSpyware, there is a mechanism in the product to report that: Tools,
Suspected Spyware Report.

Microsoft needs this data--by all means if you've got something resistent or
simply unrecognized in place, especially if it got in after the real-time
Agents were in place, send these reports.


"Victor Buller" <vbuller@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:055d01c4f4c3$685ef470$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>I would like to suggest a place where Beta users can post
> spyware that was not detected. If anyone at Microsoft
> actually reads this, please consider it. I installed the
> Beta last night on my home PC and, within minutes after
> the reboot, started seeing pop-ups. I ran another spyware
> application to see if the pop-ups were a seperate issue
> and just to compare. It found twelve 'suspects'. One of
> them was the infamous GAIN. To be fair, only one was
> actually spyware; however, that is one too many. I am
> willing to pay for a subscription service that works (like
> I do for my virus protection). But I would not pay for
> something that 'mostly' works.

You can go to the Tools menu and choose "Suspected
Spyware" to report it.
>-----Original Message-----
>I would like to suggest a place where Beta users can
post
>spyware that was not detected. If anyone at Microsoft
>actually reads this, please consider it. I installed
the
>Beta last night on my home PC and, within minutes after
>the reboot, started seeing pop-ups. I ran another
spyware
>application to see if the pop-ups were a seperate issue
>and just to compare. It found twelve 'suspects'. One
of
>them was the infamous GAIN. To be fair, only one was
>actually spyware; however, that is one too many. I am
>willing to pay for a subscription service that works
(like
>I do for my virus protection). But I would not pay for
>something that 'mostly' works.
>.
>

Will the cookie piece be avaliable for beta, or will this
only be avaliable when the product is released for retail
sales.



>-----Original Message-----
>Here are a couple of comments:
>
>1) Cookie scanning is not enabled in this beta of the
product. This
>accounts for a good many of the differences in scans from
this product and
>others such as Lavasoft's Ad-aware Personal SE and Spybot
Search & Destroy.
>
>2) If you have spyware in place and it isn't being
recognized by Microsoft
>AntiSpyware, there is a mechanism in the product to
report that: Tools,
>Suspected Spyware Report.
>
>Microsoft needs this data--by all means if you've got
something resistent or
>simply unrecognized in place, especially if it got in
after the real-time
>Agents were in place, send these reports.
>
>
>"Victor Buller" <vbuller@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:055d01c4f4c3$685ef470$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>I would like to suggest a place where Beta users can post
>> spyware that was not detected. If anyone at Microsoft
>> actually reads this, please consider it. I installed
the
>> Beta last night on my home PC and, within minutes after
>> the reboot, started seeing pop-ups. I ran another
spyware
>> application to see if the pop-ups were a seperate issue
>> and just to compare. It found twelve 'suspects'. One
of
>> them was the infamous GAIN. To be fair, only one was
>> actually spyware; however, that is one too many. I am
>> willing to pay for a subscription service that works
(like
>> I do for my virus protection). But I would not pay for
>> something that 'mostly' works.
>
>
>.
>

I don't have any information about future plans for anything--beta, product,
etc.

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06e301c4f4e2$0f7d9090$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Will the cookie piece be avaliable for beta, or will this
> only be avaliable when the product is released for retail
> sales.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Here are a couple of comments:
>>
>>1) Cookie scanning is not enabled in this beta of the
> product. This
>>accounts for a good many of the differences in scans from
> this product and
>>others such as Lavasoft's Ad-aware Personal SE and Spybot
> Search & Destroy.
>>
>>2) If you have spyware in place and it isn't being
> recognized by Microsoft
>>AntiSpyware, there is a mechanism in the product to
> report that: Tools,
>>Suspected Spyware Report.
>>
>>Microsoft needs this data--by all means if you've got
> something resistent or
>>simply unrecognized in place, especially if it got in
> after the real-time
>>Agents were in place, send these reports.
>>
>>
>>"Victor Buller" <vbuller@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
>>news:055d01c4f4c3$685ef470$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I would like to suggest a place where Beta users can post
>>> spyware that was not detected. If anyone at Microsoft
>>> actually reads this, please consider it. I installed
> the
>>> Beta last night on my home PC and, within minutes after
>>> the reboot, started seeing pop-ups. I ran another
> spyware
>>> application to see if the pop-ups were a seperate issue
>>> and just to compare. It found twelve 'suspects'. One
> of
>>> them was the infamous GAIN. To be fair, only one was
>>> actually spyware; however, that is one too many. I am
>>> willing to pay for a subscription service that works
> (like
>>> I do for my virus protection). But I would not pay for
>>> something that 'mostly' works.
>>
>>
>>.
>>

I have been trying to use the reporting tool (Tools-
Suspected Spyware), but it keeps erroring out.


>-----Original Message-----
>You can go to the Tools menu and choose "Suspected
>Spyware" to report it.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I would like to suggest a place where Beta users can
>post
>>spyware that was not detected. If anyone at Microsoft
>>actually reads this, please consider it. I installed
>the
>>Beta last night on my home PC and, within minutes after
>>the reboot, started seeing pop-ups. I ran another
>spyware
>>application to see if the pop-ups were a seperate issue
>>and just to compare. It found twelve 'suspects'. One
>of
>>them was the infamous GAIN. To be fair, only one was
>>actually spyware; however, that is one too many. I am
>>willing to pay for a subscription service that works
>(like
>>I do for my virus protection). But I would not pay for
>>something that 'mostly' works.
>>.
>>
>.
>