Gator

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Lew/+Silat said:
Does MSantispy protect against Gator?
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It will certainly detect any attempt by Gator to install: the user is given
the choice whether to block it or not.

It will also detect Gator files during a scan: if it offers to "Ignore"
them, the user can choose to select "Remove".
 
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Robin Walker said:
It will certainly detect any attempt by Gator to install: the user is
given the choice whether to block it or not.

It will also detect Gator files during a scan: if it offers to
"Ignore" them, the user can choose to select "Remove".
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Thankyou Robin. I had heard and read rumors that it wouldnt do so.... Must
have been MS bashing:)
 
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Does MSantispy protect against Gator?

Thanks

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Lew/+Silat


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Not always because coincidentally earlier today I
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upgraded my McAfee and it found Gator in My Favorite
Places. (I had never put it there)I ran Microsoft
AntiSpyWare before I had McAfee remove it, and
MSAntiSpyWare never detected it.
 
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Thankyou Robin. I had heard and read rumors that it wouldnt do so.... Must
have been MS bashing:)


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Lew/+Silat


.Hi there
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I am not "MS bashing" I in fact like MS very much...it is
a fact as I said earlier, I personally experienced this
myself earlier today. I did not istall it or add to "My
favorite Places" MS did not detect it...McAfee did.
 
Not always because coincidentally earlier today I
upgraded my McAfee and it found Gator in My Favorite
Places. (I had never put it there)I ran Microsoft
AntiSpyWare before I had McAfee remove it, and
MSAntiSpyWare never detected it.
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If it was in "My Favorite Places" then it was not spyware at all. Anything
in "My Favorite Places" will just be a URL link. Maybe McAfee complains
about URL links to dodgy web sites, but that hardly constitutes malware in
the sense of something that can damage your PC or operating system.
 
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I am not "MS bashing" I in fact like MS very much...it is
a fact as I said earlier, I personally experienced this
myself earlier today. I did not istall it or add to "My
favorite Places" MS did not detect it...McAfee did.
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Hello. I wasnt referring to you:)
But I had read on the net that MSAS didnt touch gator..
 
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