This aint no Giant....

I have Giant Antispyware running on a PC, and a scan
found over 100 regtistry keys considered to be serious
spyware concerns, and a few spyware files. I did not
remove them, but instead ran a test: I un-installed Giant
and installed the new MS Beta product, updated the defs,
and scanned again. The MS Beta found almost no problems,
and found only 1 registry key threat. I guess MS must
have removed many of the spyware definitions used by
Giant? Both products were configured to do a full system
scan, but the MS version only actually scanned a fraction
of the files scanned by Giant. Maybe MS is taking a very
conservative approach on what is considered spyware for
now? I would like to see that question addressed in a
press release. Why does Giant find so much more spyware?

Make sure your doing a full system scan instead of the
quick scan. see your options button below the scan now
button.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have Giant Antispyware running on a PC, and a scan
>found over 100 regtistry keys considered to be serious
>spyware concerns, and a few spyware files. I did not
>remove them, but instead ran a test: I un-installed
Giant
>and installed the new MS Beta product, updated the defs,
>and scanned again. The MS Beta found almost no
problems,
>and found only 1 registry key threat. I guess MS must
>have removed many of the spyware definitions used by
>Giant? Both products were configured to do a full
system
>scan, but the MS version only actually scanned a
fraction
>of the files scanned by Giant. Maybe MS is taking a
very
>conservative approach on what is considered spyware for
>now? I would like to see that question addressed in a
>press release. Why does Giant find so much more spyware?
>.
>

Also remember this is a new beta version of Giant's
software with Microsoft's name. So you have to expect
some bugs and perhaps a few less definitions.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have Giant Antispyware running on a PC, and a scan
>found over 100 regtistry keys considered to be serious
>spyware concerns, and a few spyware files. I did not
>remove them, but instead ran a test: I un-installed
Giant
>and installed the new MS Beta product, updated the defs,
>and scanned again. The MS Beta found almost no
problems,
>and found only 1 registry key threat. I guess MS must
>have removed many of the spyware definitions used by
>Giant? Both products were configured to do a full
system
>scan, but the MS version only actually scanned a
fraction
>of the files scanned by Giant. Maybe MS is taking a
very
>conservative approach on what is considered spyware for
>now? I would like to see that question addressed in a
>press release. Why does Giant find so much more spyware?
>.
>

I have mine set for a full system deep scan but only get a minimum scan.

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Ambrose F. "Buddy" Morel
bmorel@accesstoledo.com

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the universe together.



"Quilnux" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:143201c4f5a5$777bfd80$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Make sure your doing a full system scan instead of the
> quick scan. see your options button below the scan now
> button.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have Giant Antispyware running on a PC, and a scan
>>found over 100 regtistry keys considered to be serious
>>spyware concerns, and a few spyware files. I did not
>>remove them, but instead ran a test: I un-installed
> Giant
>>and installed the new MS Beta product, updated the defs,
>>and scanned again. The MS Beta found almost no
> problems,
>>and found only 1 registry key threat. I guess MS must
>>have removed many of the spyware definitions used by
>>Giant? Both products were configured to do a full
> system
>>scan, but the MS version only actually scanned a
> fraction
>>of the files scanned by Giant. Maybe MS is taking a
> very
>>conservative approach on what is considered spyware for
>>now? I would like to see that question addressed in a
>>press release. Why does Giant find so much more spyware?
>>.
>>

Yes, Please remember that Beta software does no reflect
the actual outcome of the software. It may contain bugs,
instabilities, flaws, security holes, lack of quality
and, features (including definitions). Please do not
expect everything to fall into place right away.

I am not sure how many people participating in this Beta
test have Beta tested other products before. This is more
of a notation for people new to beta testing and/or Beta
software.

>-----Original Message-----
>Also remember this is a new beta version of Giant's
>software with Microsoft's name. So you have to expect
>some bugs and perhaps a few less definitions.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have Giant Antispyware running on a PC, and a scan
>>found over 100 regtistry keys considered to be serious
>>spyware concerns, and a few spyware files. I did not
>>remove them, but instead ran a test: I un-installed
>Giant
>>and installed the new MS Beta product, updated the
defs,
>>and scanned again. The MS Beta found almost no
>problems,
>>and found only 1 registry key threat. I guess MS must
>>have removed many of the spyware definitions used by
>>Giant? Both products were configured to do a full
>system
>>scan, but the MS version only actually scanned a
>fraction
>>of the files scanned by Giant. Maybe MS is taking a
>very
>>conservative approach on what is considered spyware for
>>now? I would like to see that question addressed in a
>>press release. Why does Giant find so much more
spyware?
>>.
>>
>.
>