MS AntiSpyware is JUNK

[philip]

-----Original Message-----
Mike,]

I thought Ad-Aware and Spybot were doing a good job untill
I tried another detector (Counterspy as it happens - but
that's not a recommendation). I guess ignorance is bliss.

I still think Ad-Adware is worth using along with something
else. But I'm scepital about Spybot now.

MSA is getting promising reviews. Hopefully the Beta 2 will
be even better. And I hope a lot faster.

-----Original Message-----
Linuxgirl brought next idea :

cookies.
Instead of secure
so it doesnt

Well, the only thing it doesn´t find is cookies

But perhaps you are right, everything ends up in Vista

and
a security

chip (Big Brother in cubic) ............... so maybe it

is
"shit" ?

to post on forums.Their language is appalling,perhaps if
they read up on the subject first they would'nt be so
ignorant

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

You're WRONG. It doesn't even check for cookies at this point.

Have you really tried it yet - troll?

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

 

[Guest]

I have been running adaware SE and Microsoft AS - then I read an excellent
review on PCPro for Spyware Doctor, and it found 217 spywares on my computer
that the others said was clean - so I am impressed - hope its of interest!

I was actually gobsmacked!

JW

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Spyware Doctor is a good antispyware. That said, I don't know what could
account for that level of difference in detection.

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[Alan]

Yeah right, Spybot GOOD. Don't kid yourself. It's a
POS!!! I think the post should have been worded "Spybot
is JUNK" if you ask me.

I downloaded the trial version of Giant AntiSpyware,
which MS bought and released as Microsoft Windows
AntiSpyware Beta 1. When I ran it, it detected about 4
Trojans, a keylogger, ABetterInternet, and numerous other
spyware/malware on my system. I ran a scan with Spybot
about twice a week for one and a half years, and it
detected NOTHING!!

The keylogger was on my system for about 2 years.

Don't rely on ANYTHING Spybot tells you, it's likely
WRONG. The latest version of Spybot has a huge bug when
you try to download updates. If you right-click and
select 'Select Important Updates' it removes the
checkmark next to the definition files. You must then
recheck the box to downlaod th updates!

Alan

 

[Fuzzy John]

Check the way your power plug is plugged into the electrical socket. It
might be reversed. Your MS Antispyware seems to work backwards.

 

[Alan]

The problems you, and almost everyone else, are having
are due to how far spyware writers have come in the short
amount of time that spyware has been around.

Many times now you will have to do some manual work to
remove the infection. This is due to the fact that many
new spyware programs are using registered components that
load when Windows loads. In order to deal with these
infections you must use the regsvr32 /u ???.??? (Where
the first set of ? marks are the filename that must be
unregistered and the last set of ? marks are the
extension of that filename, usually the file is a .dll
file) in the command-line (Start > Run > cmd) to properly
unregister the files that are being accessed at the
moment so you can then remove it using an antispyware app
or on your own. You might even be able to use the
unistaller that's located at Start > Settings > Control
Panel > Add or Remove Programs, but use this only as a
last resort since the writers really DO NOT want you to
uninstall the app, and using the installer might cause
other problems/infections to occurr.

You can find manual removal instructions for many spyware
apps at http://digitalbreak.com/security-news/privacy.php.

The above holds true NO MATTER what antispyware app you
are using. Many of the latest variants of spyware are
next to impossible to remove using ANY antispyware apps.
Spybot, ewido, Ad-Aware, and many others also have the
same problems trying to remove these types of infections.

So in reality, not only does MS have a long way to go, so
does the ENTIRE antispyware industry!

Alan

 

[plun]

Alan used his keyboard to write :

So in reality, not only does MS have a long way to go, so
does the ENTIRE antispyware industry!

Hi

Well, probably only until Vista and TPM

And for sure Vista light upgrade versions are coming with USB security
chip.

So this probably will be a short "theater".

https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/home

 

[Alan]

Not to mention the fact that Spybot removes registry keys
that MUST be in place for SpywareBlaster 3.4 to properly
protect the system, which forces SpywareBlaster to
replace those registry keys when it detects they are
missing!

I also have C-Dilla on my system, which I told Spybot to
ignore. When I removed C-Dilla from the programs to
ignore, it still will not detect the program even though
the process is currently running. Talk about a piece of
junk, it apparantly can't even detect processes that are
running on the system let alone detect keloggers and
other nasties!!

Alan