I think this program is great!

[Hayford Peirce]

For once Microsoft seems to have done something right. I
was running Ad-ware, PestPatrol, and SpyBot on a regular
basis, plus Zone Alarm and McAfee and I *still* couldn't
get rid of the freakin' spyware that kept cropping up on my
computer, even after booting up in Safe Mode and deleting
all sorts of stuff, including in the Registry. It would be
gone for a day or so and then would return. Particularly
Midaddle and Sahagent. I finally got rid of Midaddle by
myself but Sahagent baffled me. But I've had this program
for a couple of days now and it has eradicated *everything*
-- nothing at all has come back! Including, most
importantly, Sah....

Bravo, Bill Gates! (Having designed the crummy system in
the first place that allowed all of this malware....)

 

[Elaine]

For once Microsoft seems to have done something right. I
was running Ad-ware, PestPatrol, and SpyBot on a regular
basis, plus Zone Alarm and McAfee and I *still* couldn't
get rid of the freakin' spyware that kept cropping up on my
computer, even after booting up in Safe Mode and deleting
all sorts of stuff, including in the Registry. It would be
gone for a day or so and then would return. Particularly
Midaddle and Sahagent. I finally got rid of Midaddle by
myself but Sahagent baffled me. But I've had this program
for a couple of days now and it has eradicated *everything*
-- nothing at all has come back! Including, most
importantly, Sah....

Bravo, Bill Gates! (Having designed the crummy system in
the first place that allowed all of this malware....)

Nonsense.....*you* allowed the malware.....not the system.

 

[Cntrysky]

Actually, neither Microsoft or Hayford are to blame. The
reason spyware is such as big issue is because the morons
that make the spyware have nothing better to do with
their time than to find problems with Microsoft software
due to the fact that a majority of the world use
Microsoft software.

If someone wanted to find a problem in some small unknown
program out there then they would. (but who would really
be affected by it?? - the small group of people that use
it? Yep.. that's it! Do you think that anyone would
take the time in finding a bug in a program such
as "Startup Control Panel" which happens to be at
www.mlin.net (nice, simple program btw). That's why
Microsoft is the target as many people use Microsoft
software. It gives these people a rise to feel that they
have accomplished something. If they get their work
mentioned in a newsgroup or a website then yeah for
them. Big deal.. They are just a bunch of pathetic
morons that probably think they can hack through a
crackjack box. Spyware creation (and viruses) has been
costing companies a great deal of money to repair when it
shouldn't have be created in the first place. It is not
Microsoft's fault but people sure like to point the blame
at them.

All software has bugs... it just takes time to find them
and if someone is paying very close attention in finding
them then they will. There is no software out there that
is 100% bug free. Microsoft is doing whatever they can
to resolve these problems as they arise. It just takes
time. Microsoft can't expect to know every single
problem in their software the same day that the program
is created and released. And for those that are whining
about the small problems that Microsoft's Antispyware
tool may be experiencing... well boohoo. The program is
in a beta stage and it takes time to fix any bugs as they
arrive.

Just take the time to explain your issue so Microsoft (or
whoever is watching this newsgroup for updates on the
antispyware too) can know what to update to make the
program better. Try making a program that is completely
compatible with every single program out there especially
on its first release. It is not possible unless you
spend years upon years and maybe just maybe it would seem
100% compatible but it probably would be completely
obsolete compared to whatever similiar & more useful is
created by then.

Thank you and Good Night!

 

[Hayford Peirce]

-----Original Message-----


Nonsense.....*you* allowed the malware.....not the system.

Why the devil do you say *I* allowed the malware? I buy a
new computer a couple of months ago, already well aware of
the problems caused by malware, I follow all the
instructions (including those from Microsoft) about setting
it up and protecting it, including installing McAfee,
ZoneAlarm, Adware, PestPatrol, etc., I disable most of my
Active-X options, I carry out every protective measure I
can think of (short of being a professional programmer or
computer guru) and as referenced in the enormous XP book by
Levine and Young, "The Complete Reference Windows XP Home
Edition", I *don't* join any P2P groups such as Kazaa, and
you say it's *my* freakin' fault?! Get real! What world
do you live in? There is, of course, one way in which I
*am* at fault -- I connected my machine to the Internet in
the first place. If I hadn't done that, I would, of
course, never been invested by any malware....

 

[Hayford Peirce]

A nice analysis of the problem. As you say, there are a
bunch of losers out there whose capacity to cause
disruption and destruction for others is the only way they
can think of to emerge from the slime of their loserdom....

 

[Elaine]

Why the devil do you say *I* allowed the malware? I buy a
new computer a couple of months ago, already well aware of
the problems caused by malware, I follow all the
instructions (including those from Microsoft) about setting
it up and protecting it, including installing McAfee,
ZoneAlarm, Adware, PestPatrol, etc., I disable most of my
Active-X options, I carry out every protective measure I
can think of (short of being a professional programmer or
computer guru) and as referenced in the enormous XP book by
Levine and Young, "The Complete Reference Windows XP Home
Edition", I *don't* join any P2P groups such as Kazaa, and
you say it's *my* freakin' fault?! Get real! What world
do you live in? There is, of course, one way in which I
*am* at fault -- I connected my machine to the Internet in
the first place. If I hadn't done that, I would, of
course, never been invested by any malware....

LOL.....perhaps another year of reading your "book" and you'll know how to
prevent most malware from getting into your system.....but I doubt it.

I would suggest getting rid of ZA and get a decent firewall. Install Spybot
S&D and turn on it's resident protection programs. Download the plugins for
Ad-aware and download A2free personal http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ Then you
may have some control and rarely have any malware problems.