MS AS vs Ad-Aware

[Erik Gallup]

I ran a scan with the latest definitions using MS AS and
the scan came up clean. Immediately following, I ran a
scan with Ad-Aware and it found 26 threats. Why is it
that Ad-Aware found them and MS AS did not?

 

[AndyManchesta]

What are the entries Ad-Aware found mate if they are data
miners then they are cookies and ms antispy does not scan
for these

cookies cannot cause you much harm as they are only
strings of text and numbers and cannot send any info out
from your pc as they are not programs but can track your
movements around the site that put them there so this is
why adaware picks up on them

Regards Andy

 

[Andre Da Costa]

And cookie scanning is not supported in this beta 1 release of AntiSpyware.
Try doing deep scans in safe mode using AntiSpyware.

 

[Vanguard]

I ran a scan with the latest definitions using MS AS and
the scan came up clean. Immediately following, I ran a
scan with Ad-Aware and it found 26 threats. Why is it
that Ad-Aware found them and MS AS did not?

Cookies aren't spyware.