Detecting Spyware

[Guest]

Just installed Antispyware beta. Ran it and found TightVNC.
Installed Spyware Doctor, ran it and found Trojan.favadd, downloadplus,
flashget and some cookies. Question; why did Antispyware beta not find the
latter?

 

[Guest]

Hi Edward.

Do you have the latest definition file installed? It should be 5771.

If you do, it might be worth submitting to MS. You can do this by using
Tools> Suspected Spyware Report from within the prog. This option seems to
work for some but not others. Different anti spyware progs use different
definition files to indentify spyware/malaware etc. which is why most people
use two or three. What one doesn`t catch the other hopefully will. As for the
cookies. MSAS in its present beta has the option to detect them disabled -
this is intentional.

Stu

 

[Guest]

Hi Stu,
Thanks for the response. Updated definition file to 5771. Same result.
Will send message to MS

 

[Guest]

Spyware Doctor is known to report false positives. That's what you might be
experiencing.

Alan

 

[Guest]

Make certain to check the following pages to see if you truely have these
infections:

http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_131043.htm (flashget)
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.downloadplus.html (downloadplus)
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.favadd.html
(Trojan.favadd)

Alan