Maybe I shouldn't complain...

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But I've had the program for probably a week and I run it every day, and it
has never found even 1 piece of spyware. I'm using SP2 Firewall and Norton
Anti-virus, but I still find it rather odd. I've uninstalled and
reinstalled and still nothing. Should I just accept the fact that I'm
apparently always spyware free?????
 
I wouldn't complain.

Most machines that I work with have seen either zero problems, or very
few--and sometimes those few are items which I know about and expected--such
as VNC.

I don't think your experience is necessarily unusual, in terms of the 6.8
million downloads--if it were, we would really be swamped here.

I hope that for most people, this program will disappear into the background
of their desktops. They will delete the icon on the desktop, and perhaps
even hide the system tray icon, but will take notice when it gives a
real-time protection alert, or finds something amiss after a scan.
 
Hi Kristen,

Congratulations on being a safe surfer! Seriously, I suspect you also have a
firewall turned on, and don't go looking for and clicking on every little
thing that pops up or that you read the EULA before installing a 'freebie.'

Might I also suggest you 'munge' or complicate your email address when you
post to NG's tho? You might find yourself with a busy mailbox if you don't.

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP
 
Bill said:
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I wouldn't complain.

Most machines that I work with have seen either zero
problems, or very few--and sometimes those few are items
which I know about and expected--such
as VNC.

I don't think your experience is necessarily unusual, in
terms of the 6.8 million downloads--if it were, we would
really be swamped here.

I hope that for most people, this program will disappear
into the background of their desktops. They will delete
the icon on the desktop, and perhaps even hide the
system tray icon, but will take notice when it gives a
real-time protection alert, or finds something amiss
after a scan.
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Dreamweaver......... ;) I dont think that so many
normal home users have installed this yet.

If you scan a standard home PC without any
spywareprotection you mostly finds 500-700
things to fix. ref AD-aware and Spybot runs.

The first thing you must do is to make sure that
a PC is antivirusprotected. And this is a mess within
home users.

The next thing to look at is servicepacks and
Windowsupdate....... ;( SP2 what ?, havent heard about
it or they have heard that SP2 causes problem.
When you see what a user have it´s really important to
run MSAS or other antispywareprogram BEFORE SP2 install.

We also have a big usergroup with standard modems
and it´s almost impossible for them to maintain safety.

My dream is that MS distributes SP2, MSAS and a basic
antivirusprog on ONE CD. Use all distributions channels
such as pc magazines, electronic stores etc.

Step 1, install virusprog and run.
Step 2, install MSAS and run
Step 3, install SP2

This challenge will be like to climb Mount Everest......
 
You may very well be right. I'm hoping that Microsoft Antispyware will go
out over AutoUpdate. AU works, even over modem connections--folks with
modem connections WILL eventually get SP2, for example, and without noticing
the impact on their connection.
They already get the monthly antivirus shot distributed as a critical
update.

--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

Bill said:
-----Original Message-----
I wouldn't complain.

Most machines that I work with have seen either zero
problems, or very few--and sometimes those few are items
which I know about and expected--such
as VNC.

I don't think your experience is necessarily unusual, in
terms of the 6.8 million downloads--if it were, we would
really be swamped here.

I hope that for most people, this program will disappear
into the background of their desktops. They will delete
the icon on the desktop, and perhaps even hide the
system tray icon, but will take notice when it gives a
real-time protection alert, or finds something amiss
after a scan.
Click to expand...

Dreamweaver......... ;) I dont think that so many
normal home users have installed this yet.

If you scan a standard home PC without any
spywareprotection you mostly finds 500-700
things to fix. ref AD-aware and Spybot runs.

The first thing you must do is to make sure that
a PC is antivirusprotected. And this is a mess within
home users.

The next thing to look at is servicepacks and
Windowsupdate....... ;( SP2 what ?, havent heard about
it or they have heard that SP2 causes problem.
When you see what a user have it´s really important to
run MSAS or other antispywareprogram BEFORE SP2 install.

We also have a big usergroup with standard modems
and it´s almost impossible for them to maintain safety.

My dream is that MS distributes SP2, MSAS and a basic
antivirusprog on ONE CD. Use all distributions channels
such as pc magazines, electronic stores etc.

Step 1, install virusprog and run.
Step 2, install MSAS and run
Step 3, install SP2

This challenge will be like to climb Mount Everest......
 
Bill said:
You may very well be right. I'm hoping that Microsoft Antispyware will go
out over AutoUpdate. AU works, even over modem connections--folks with
modem connections WILL eventually get SP2, for example, and without noticing
the impact on their connection.
They already get the monthly antivirus shot distributed as a critical
update.
Click to expand...

Ugh....!

Time goes by....... we have a lot of users with plain old
fashion modem.

To download SP2 approx 100 MB it takes days. To download
all other patches for
antivirus, windowsupdate etc it takes hours.

We also have a lot of users which dont bother about this
until they are desperate when
they cant start there PC.

It was better with SP1, MS allowed for example IDG group to
include SP1 within included CD´s in several magazines.

No we have a situation that you must download the IT version
and burn it. You can order it from MS but it takes time.

I have my emergency CD with SP2, Stinger, Adaware and AVG
and its so damned boring to
help friends, neighbours etc to fix this mess.

So MS make this special CD with basic antivirus, MSAS and
SP2. Let IDG deliever it !? ;)

My connection is a ADSL2+ 24 Mbit/s so i have no problem
with this but several other has.
 
Its the same with me, I've had it for a few weeks and its
not found a single thing. I downloaded ad-aware a couple
of days ago and I have already removed over 200 items.
Is this a scam or what?
 
Not a scam--just a different emphasis. In the initial beta release,
Microsoft has concentrated on the real spyware--executable code running on
your machine.

Ad-aware, in addition to that, scans for cookies--which are not executable
code and don't harm your machine in any way. That accounts for much,
perhaps all, of the difference.

Cookie scanning is under consideration for inclusion in a later beta release
of Microsoft Antispyware.
 
-----Original Message-----
But I've had the program for probably a week and I run it every day, and it
has never found even 1 piece of spyware. I'm using SP2 Firewall and Norton
Anti-virus, but I still find it rather odd. I've uninstalled and
reinstalled and still nothing. Should I just accept the fact that I'm
apparently always spyware free?????

No your're not spyware free I also have AD-Aware from
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lavasoft that keeps picking up Data Miner and it is
driving me nuts your gonns have to get another spyware
program too it is free at lavasoft what microsoft can't
and wont remove lavasoft will I run both programs one
after the other. It's the only way
 
Data Miners are just cookies, not spyware.


lavasoft that keeps picking up Data Miner and it is
driving me nuts your gonns have to get another spyware
program too it is free at lavasoft what microsoft can't
and wont remove lavasoft will I run both programs one
after the other. It's the only way
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