Windows defender did not detect spyware that Spybot S&D detected

[Guest]

Spybot S&D detected:

SDWin32.Websearch24: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SecureWin
SDWin32.Websearch24: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\hiwinnager.dat
PeopleOnPage.ContextPlus: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CurVer
PeopleOnPage.ContextPlus:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B548B7D8-3D03-4AED-A6A1-4251FAD00C10}

Windows defender did not detect these.

 

[Anonymous Bob]

Spybot S&D detected:

SDWin32.Websearch24: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SecureWin
SDWin32.Websearch24: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\hiwinnager.dat
PeopleOnPage.ContextPlus: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CurVer
PeopleOnPage.ContextPlus:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B548B7D8-3D03-4AED-A6A1-4251FAD00C10}

Windows defender did not detect these.

It looks to me that these might be leftover's from an imperfect removal of
the apropos toolbar.
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/grayware/ve_graywareDetails.asp?GNAME=ADW_APROPOS.511&VSect=Td

Bob Vanderveen

 

[Guest]

Hello Dan,

Thanks for the report.

Submit it via the process noted in Windows Defender Help, or here:

Report a possible spyware problem to Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/support/reportspyware.mspx

Can you follow the spyware submission instructions in the help to make sure
WD have your samples if you still have them?

Also, what AV are you running? I think, Usually, flat out malware like this
is in your AV signatures.
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CURIOSITY
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity-----enjoy the accumulating of facts
far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.-----Clarence Day

 

[Guest]

If this occurs again (and I think it will), I'll submit it via Windows
Defender.
I do not have the samples, I had them removed by Spybot.
My AV is McAfee and the virus definitions are up to date.

 

[Kayman]

Spybot S&D detected:
The effectiveness of an individual A-S scanners can be wide-ranging and
oftentimes a collection of scanners is best. There isn't one software that
cleans and immunizes you against everything. That's why you need multiple
products to do the job i.e. overlap their coverage - one may catch what
another may miss.