Microsoft Antispyware

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I installed the antispyware soon after it came out and I have run a scan
every day since. The program has never found any spyware or anything else. I
understand that the program is supposed to stop spyware before it comes in so
I have left it on the system. Should I be seeing some results or not?
 
Hi

Thats up to you........

If you never clicks on any banners with "For Free" ads you´ll probably
never will get infested with any spyware. Also never installs a
program
without any references. Or visit Internets backyard with prOn,
gambling, warez and so on.

But MSAS comes from Microsoft and they have som limits beacuse of
business reasons so download Lavasofts Adaware and also remove tracking
cookies and maybe some more which MS don´t detect.

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=pop

Before any scan it´s also recommended to clean out the temporarily junk
yard with this tool.

www.ccleaner.com
 
Hi plun, that is why I wrote this problem in the first place. I have adaware
and Counterspy which do find spyware. I wondered why Microsoft's Antispyware
never found any of the ones that they did. Freddy
 
Hi

It´s no mening to to have both MSAS and Counterspy, both are
using the same definitions, Sunbelt also have more defs. Counterspys
scan engine is better then MSAS Beta 1 so uninstall MSAS.

Read Counterspys FAQ about Microsoft, Giant and Counterspy.

So Counterspy and MSAS is twins, maybe this change with Windows
Defender.

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plun



Freddy used his keyboard to write :
 
Well, I suggest Counterspy and Adaware.

So that also these damned tracking cookies blows out.

And to also install Spywareblaster.
 
Hi, Thank you for your reply. I have all of the programs you mentioned and
they work just fine. My original question was, why do they find things and
the Microsoft product has never ever found anything.
 
Alan said:
Check out
http://www.callforhelptv.com/callforhelp/shownotes/0251.shtml?extremetips for
some interesting results regarding Ad-Aware.

Because of these results, I'd suggest using ewido
(http://download.ewido.net/ewido-setup.exe).

Alan
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That report is interesting but so light on details as to invalidate the
reported results.
How many infections were on the machine?
How many of the items removed were cookies?
How many of the items removed were additional traces of the spyware that
other programs missed?
If one program removed 30 items and another program removed 10 items, did
the later program leave one or more infections on the system?

Bob Vanderveen
 
Hi

Well if you run Counterspy first MSAS cannot find something beacuse
Counterspy have MSAS definitions until the end of next year.... ;)
plus their own defs from Sunbelt.

So uninstall MSAS, no meaning if you have Counterspy.

Or run MSAS first but it´s no meaning to have 2 real time protection
apps against spyware and that they also are "twins".
 
I'm not sure I would do this. I think I'd leave Microsoft Antispyware
installed, and see what happens.

At a minimum--that should give a quick route to receiving beta2, which
should be worth waiting for.

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I have always run the Microsoft program before any others. After I run the
Microsoft program I run the counterspy which finds things but the Microsoft
program did not find anything when it ran first.
I think I will leave it on for some of the reasons given below. I just
wanted to know what I may have been doing wrong in the setup etc. Fred
 
Freddy said:
Hi, Thank you for your reply. I have all of the programs you mentioned and
they work just fine. My original question was, why do they find things and
the Microsoft product has never ever found anything.
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I have the same question. It doesn't seem to detect tracking cookies. It's
funny
as I use giant anti spyware at home. Bought it before MS bought the company.
It works fine. I've installed the beta on a different computer and it doesn't
seem to detect cookies. I run ad-aware and it does. Is this a bug or is it
intentional?
 
Duane said:
I have the same question. It doesn't seem to detect tracking cookies.
It's
funny
as I use giant anti spyware at home. Bought it before MS bought the
company.
It works fine. I've installed the beta on a different computer and it
doesn't
seem to detect cookies. I run ad-aware and it does. Is this a bug or is
it
intentional?
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This is a design decision by Microsoft. The beta1 product does not scan for
cookies. We don't know yet about how beta2 will handle cookies.
 
Bill Sanderson said:
This is a design decision by Microsoft. The beta1 product does not scan for
cookies. We don't know yet about how beta2 will handle cookies.
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OK. It seems strange that they removed this from Giant's
product though.
 
Duane wrote :
OK. It seems strange that they removed this from Giant's
product though.
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Hi

Strange ? MS has close business partners using these
tracking cookonuts so therefore MS removed it from MSAS.

Some users also have username and passwords within cookies
so be careful with these users............ ;)

Just for a trojan to pick up the cookie and send to "Mum".
 
OK. It seems strange that they removed this from Giant's
product though.
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I understand. Several features were removed. I don't know the reasoning
behind the removals, but some of it was probably simplification and
supportability, and some of it may have been a clear philosophical
difference of opinion about what the right way to handle some issues is.
 
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