Adaware over MS antispy

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Jim

JUst ran Adaware for the first time since instaslling MS
Anti spy amd Adaware picked up 36 bad guys, all data
minders. When I installed MS anti spy the system was
clean according to Adaware so me thinks MS needs to do a
lot of work on it's program.....
 
Jim,

The dataminers you refer to were most likely Cookies. This version of
MSAS does not detect them. AdAware and MSAS do a fine job when used in
conjunction ... try scanning with MSAS first, do a Full system scan with
all 3 option boxes checked, and then AdAware.

Steve Wechsler (akaMowGreen)
MS-MVP 2004-2005

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Never Forgotten
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Me think you should look before you post. MSAS DOES NOT SCAN FOR COOKIES,
chocolate chip, peanut butter, or any others.
 
I wouldn't mind it finding a bunch of chocolate chip with
walnuts cookies. Someone should invent them for computer
delivery...in real time.
 
Ron said:
I wouldn't mind it finding a bunch of chocolate chip with
walnuts cookies. Someone should invent them for computer
delivery...in real time.
Click to expand...

MSN ? ............ ;)
 
If you want to make a million bucks, invent a way to simply transmit the
SMELL of chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven, over a digitial
medium.
 
Hi Jim,

You should run a few different spyware applications, as
they all picked up things others don't. I run MS Anti
Spy (which does not detect microsoft installed spyware
like alexa) Spybot, Spy sweeper, and I check weekly with
a few others.

I wish I didn't need to use so many different spyware
applications, but none of these companies seem to want to
supply products that get everything.
 
you are not alone :-(

would you pay if there is one software that can do everything?

--

D@nnyBoy
Have you tried posting your problems
not related to MS AntiSpyware to
news://msnews.microsoft.com

and please don't bother to send me private mail
because I don't check my mailbox regularly
 
I have been doing spyware removals as a Geek Squad Agent
since spyware was born.. this is normal. You can run every
prominent antispyware application (spybot, ad-aware, ms
antispyware, spysweeper, spysubtract), and there will
always be a few different traces that each program will
find that others won't. The traces are mostly negligible..
if there is a major file or important registry entry being
missed, then that would be different.
 
The point remains, MSAS is still in beta and can't be judged as a shipping
product. I would preferrably until the product is final for comparing.
 
Aye, nothing detects nearly everything. Besides, data
minders are just cookies(text files). And cookies can
only hold data you submit in forms to their website or
hold basic data like a counter to track if you came back.

Understandable that they would not report them as a
major 'spyware' app. because in reality they are not an
app at all.
 
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