Spyware/adware/malware statistics

[Guest]

is there any statistics for the amount of apyware adware and/or malware that
is detected by microsoft anti spyware, im looking for the most popular
nasties etc, is there a list that is generated by microsoft or should i just
continue to google and get very little.

cheers

 

[plun]

Hi Matty

This one gives a good hint about spyware removal statistics.

http://research.sunbelt-software.com/top10/index.cfm

Note that MSAS ignores Claria, and Counterspy is MSAS "twin brother"
but
Counterspy has better definitions and uses a better upgraded scan
engine. Hopefully MSAS Beta 2 will include the same.

SpySweeper is top of the rank just now. You can order a spyware report
from this URL:

http://www.webroot.com/land/sosreport.php?WRSID=87a8528e6f9a0573d07718169f8e8155

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Note that MSAS ignores Claria, and Counterspy is MSAS "twin brother"

This continues to be a misleading description of how Microsoft Antispyware
treats Claria.

Claria is detected, with a default action of "ignore." The user has the
option at the end of a manually initiated scan, to choose alternative
actions, including remove, for any threat found, including Claria.

 

[plun]

It happens that Bill Sanderson formulated :

This continues to be a misleading description of how Microsoft Antispyware
treats Claria.

Claria is detected, with a default action of "ignore." The user has the
option at the end of a manually initiated scan, to choose alternative
actions, including remove, for any threat found, including Claria.

Hi Bill

For a normal user without any knowledge about Claria it is "Ignored"
and nothing else.

Perhaps 1% of all users knows about Claria and changes to "remove".

So it is detected but "ignored" for mostly all users.

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/elh/claria-detections.htm

Or this one again:

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/pics_pub/spencer_katt.gif

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I don't completely agree. I think most users look at everything that the
program finds--they notice that it doesn't find their favorite calendar
application, or aunt mary's screensaver, or Office or all the legit stuff
they've got around.

When you post that Claria is ignored, without making any qualification of
that--you imply that it is not detected, and that isn't true.

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