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Jim
I have a few comments:
1) When I first ran the program I was surprised by what
MSAS found that adaware and spybot missed! I'm happy the
spyware was found.
2) When I run msas, it reports that my homepage,
www.boston.com, is a possible browser hijacker. I don't
get it! In any case, my normal browser of choice is
firefox, so maybe boston.com hijacks internet explorer.
3) The subject of cookies. Cookies aren't spyware and have
no executable properties. Spyware is covertly and
maliciously installed software. One of the best websites
out there explaining spyware/adware/parasiteware is Ben
Edelman's site. If you don't want cookies, you can set
that preference in your browser.
All in all, I hope that a mainstream software company such
as MS, by putting attention on spyware, will waken the
internet users of the world to this menace and will put
the hurt to all the these spyware companies, especially
the nasties 180 solutions, ebates, etc. and eventually
drive them out of business.
Jim
1) When I first ran the program I was surprised by what
MSAS found that adaware and spybot missed! I'm happy the
spyware was found.
2) When I run msas, it reports that my homepage,
www.boston.com, is a possible browser hijacker. I don't
get it! In any case, my normal browser of choice is
firefox, so maybe boston.com hijacks internet explorer.
3) The subject of cookies. Cookies aren't spyware and have
no executable properties. Spyware is covertly and
maliciously installed software. One of the best websites
out there explaining spyware/adware/parasiteware is Ben
Edelman's site. If you don't want cookies, you can set
that preference in your browser.
All in all, I hope that a mainstream software company such
as MS, by putting attention on spyware, will waken the
internet users of the world to this menace and will put
the hurt to all the these spyware companies, especially
the nasties 180 solutions, ebates, etc. and eventually
drive them out of business.
Jim