Spyware does not locate anything

[Ken Foster]

To determine how well the beta compared to my current
installation of Ad Aware 6 personal, I ran Ad aware to
locate any issues (i.e. tracking cookies etc..). Once Ad
aware prodived the intrusion screen, I minimized the
software (I took no action to clean or quanenteen). Next
I ran the Beta so I could compair the results.

Ad Aware found 58 tracking cookies and the Beta found
None. This was after I allowed the beta to update the
signature files. I have uninstalled the beta. If
someone can explaine why this was with a good
explaniation, then please let me know and I will consider
trying again.

Ken

 

[Glenn]

Microsoft is approaching the spyware issue from an entirely
different perspective. Most spyware software detects
threats because they have already compromised the code.
However, if you notice BETA1 prevents any threats from
executing, or inserting itself into the code, thus any
changed the threats attempt to make are quickly thwarted by
BETA1.

Ideally, the only way to fully test the BETA1 is to start
from an entirely new install with BETA1 installed
immediatetly after the O/S install, that way you know that
the system is free from any threats prior to evaluating the
BETA1.

 

[Guest]

ken i'm not as smart as alot of these folks but i run
spybot search and distroy
ad-aware se personal
microsoft antispyware
nortons prof
you can never be to safe. i've run into what you did and
did the scans in safe mode which made the differance you
seek

 

[Vernon]

Check out this link for a review of Giant (microsoft beta)

http://www.adwarereport.com/mt/archives/000069.html

 

[Ron Chamberlin]

Hi Ken,
We can make this one a quickie: In the Beta1 version, the program doesn't go
into the cookie jar.

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP