results on scanning

[romarin]

Hi,

I like your product and may be this can help you ?

°scan of Microsoft Antispyware, spyware=0
°scan of etrust pestpatrol, spyware=0
°scan of regfreeze, spyware=6 (1 CoolWebSearch, 5
IamBigBrother)

 

[Ron Kinner]

Interesting. Did regfreeze eliminate the coolwebsearch
and iambigbrother?

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/spy
ware.iambigbrother.html

explains how to remove Iambigbrother. They also have a
website. www.iambigbrother.com

Perhaps MS considers this a legitimate program?

Ron

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I haven't looked into it carefully, but I would expect Microsoft Antispyware
to detect IAMBIGBROTHER.
Legitimate software or not, if it can be installed in such a way as to be
invisible to the user of the machine, it should be detected.

Use of such software within a corporation (or a family)--can be debated (I'm
on the "against" side--although I have used VNC with hilarious results at
times in my own household)--but what if such a product is installed on your
machine by someone whose intent is (even) more questionable?

If this software is not detected, it would be a service to submit a Tools,
suspected spyware report and get it on the radar screen.

Microsoft Antispyware does detect plenty of legitimate software with similar
purposes--Dameware, VNC, and others.