[Update] SpywareBlaster 9/2/05

[dak]

SpywareBlaster 3.4 database:
Latest: 09/02/05 (Last 08/23/05)
Items : 4349 (Last 4076)
Change: +273 entries
(273 IE ActiveX CLSIDs)
(000 IE Restricted Sites)
Update : SpywareBlaster's UPDATE function.
Program: <http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html>

My Personal SpywareBlaster Custom Blocking List:
NO CHANGES NEEDED FROM 09/02/05 SPYWAREBLASTER UPDATE
Latest: 2005.07.24.B (Last: 2005.04.05.S.264)
Items : 262 + date entry (Last: 264 + date entry)
Change: -02 entries
(02 Deletions)
(00 Additions)
Update : <http://customblockinglist.cjb.net/>

 

[cmdrdata]

Does SpywareBlaster remove/block: Ezula, Delphin, and Aurora?
Thanks.

 

[dak]

Does SpywareBlaster remove/block: Ezula, Delphin, and Aurora?

SpywareBlaster doesn't remove anything, its prevention method is by
blocking on ActiveX CLSIDs (Class IDs).
Under those names I found seven variants of eZula listed in the main
database, but neither Delphin nor Aurora was listed. None of the
three are listed in my Custom Blocking List.
However, they could be listed under different names (the names don't
really matter, they are just conveniences). For example:

A CLSID attributed to Aurora {4AA870AC-8427-42a4-B92E-ECD956197489}
is blocked by SpywareBlaster, but is listed as a "ABetterInternet
variant" not Aurora.

That makes at least one Aurora/ABetterInternet variant that
SpywareBlaster blocks in addition to the seven eZula variants.
So it is extremely difficult to give a definitive yes or no to your
question, especially using names instead of CLSIDs.
It does block some variants of those you asked about, but exactly how
many of which, I don't know.