Doesn't find the spyware!

[dorausch]

I run Microsoft's Beta Anti-Spyware program first thing
after starting up, but even performing a full scan, it
tells me there are no threats; I then follow up with smart
scans from Spybot, AdAware and SpySubtract - which, put
together, find an average daily total of 25 spyware
programs on my system! What's the problem?

 

[Ron Kinner]

1. It's Beta
2. It does not care about tracking cookies and Adaware and
Spybot S&D both do.

Ron

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Restart the computer in safe mode, on the Scan Page choose Scan Options >
Full System Scan and run at least two times, also remember to disable system
restore before going to safe and re-enable after going back into Normal
mode.

Andre

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I run Microsoft's Beta Anti-Spyware program first thing
after starting up, but even performing a full scan, it
tells me there are no threats; I then follow up with smart
scans from Spybot, AdAware and SpySubtract - which, put
together, find an average daily total of 25 spyware
programs on my system! What's the problem?

They are probably finding cookies, which this program doesn't check yet.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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[Pat Cook]

Look near the bottom of this page
http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-results-1.htm and you
will see what is going on, which most people don't
realize. NO anti-spyware application detects everything,
beta or not. It is just impossible. Also, be careful of
removing stuff that only one scanner detects, when other
anti-spyware programs do not detect it. Always learn
about the detected item by searching online before
removing it unless you already are familiar with the
detected item.