antispy

[nanne mak]

I just recently downloaded microsoft anti spy
I all run ad-aware. why am I still getting spyware etc.
on ad-ware when microsoft shows none?

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Because cookie detection isn't enabled in this beta build?

 

[Steve Dodson [MSFT]]

This is probably because we took out cookie detection for the beta.

-steve


Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security

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[Madonna]

And why did you do that Stevey?

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This is probably because we took out cookie detection for the beta.

-steve


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I just recently downloaded microsoft anti spy
I all run ad-aware. why am I still getting spyware etc.
on ad-ware when microsoft shows none?

.

 

[Spider]

1/26/2005 5:39:10 AM

And why did you do that Stevey?

-----Original Message-----
This is probably because we took out cookie detection for the beta.

-steve


Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security

<CUT>
If you are beta testing a product to eliminate harmful spyware, why
not remove tracking cookies? They would tend to cloud the real
issues and flood them with false positives taking up valuable
troubleshooting resources. I might add that Spybot, a very
respectable removal program, does not scan for tracking cookies. I
won't argue that they have some privacy issues, but they are quite
harmless compared to the real spyware issues.

Spider
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/spider1
http://spider1.blogspot.com/

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Cookies are not evaluated in Beta ONE, so that other issues can be resolved before it enters the predictably political fight over
what Tracking Cookies get deleted in Beta TWO. The furor over 'false positives' was enough for this version, Madony