data miner and antispyware

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I downloaded MS antispyware and thought it was doing a
good job. Then ran adaware about 10 days later and it
found over 50 dataminer files. Does anyone know if MS
antispyware is supposed to catch dataminer files as well?
if so how to I set mine to look for those?
 
I've found that most of what adaware calls dataminer files
are mostly cookies.

MS AS has some kind of third-party cookie blocker, but I
think it's smart practice to accept or decline (most times
permanently, so you only get prompted once.) every cookie
heading towards you. I found this more effective than
anything else, and it brings the number of unwanted
cookies way down.

I can't find where MS AS lists known "trouble" URLs to
auto-block cookies we know to be bad.
 
Microsoft Antispyware, in this release, does not scan or block or remove
cookies.
 
pbdmjohnson said:
I downloaded MS antispyware and thought it was doing a
good job. Then ran adaware about 10 days later and it
found over 50 dataminer files. Does anyone know if MS
antispyware is supposed to catch dataminer files as well?
if so how to I set mine to look for those?
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MSAS doesn't check cookies yet.

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