Re: [PCTECH] WOW - Microsoft's Spyware Scanner

["Roger Vicker, CCP" <rv-lists@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just ran Ad-Aware SE Personal and MS Spyware Scanner against each other 
and both with their deepest settings. MS settings to Knowledgeable User.

Ad-Aware
   5 - IE Favorites to dangerous sites
   1 - Browser hijacker = SearchIt
   various IE browser cookies

MS Spyware Scanner
   0 - IE Favorites identified
   1 - Adware = SearchIt
   UltraVNC mis-identified as TightVNC and as a moderate threat.
      The detailed text did, if you read far enough, say that if it was 
deliberately installed it might be OK.
      However, the first thing under ADVICE was "This is a potential 
high risk threat."
   Nothing about cookies.

MS has a glitzier interface but navigation is not consistent. Run it a 
time or two and when you start it the first window shows a nice summary. 
But take any option and then try to get back to it without exiting and 
restarting the program. The same information is elsewhere but not as 
nicely organized.

Roger Vicker, CCP

On 1/18/2005 8:33 AM, Chuck Lewis wrote:

> Anyone tried Microsoft's Spyware scanner ?
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> I am STUNNED if this is accurate. I have a notebook (Dell) running Windows
> XP that belongs to a friend of my nieces (I really should start charging
> family and could probably quit my day job - very large family :-)).
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> This thing was running like a DOG. It was way behind on patches, had all
> kinds of Spyware and a couple of viruses. So I get it all cleaned up using
> Sophos antivirus, AdAware, HiJack This, Spyblaster, BHODemon, and McAfee
> Online Scanner and it was clean. But still running like a DOG.
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> Well after XP Service Pack 2 downloaded and installed I ran Windows Update
> again and after the final run and all was clear I got a page that touted the
> Windows Spyware Beta. I've read about this and really did not have much
> interest. That has changed.
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> I did a Deep Scan (no the default) and got the following:
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> 24 Spyware threats detected 
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> 69 Spyware files infected
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> 288 Registry keys infected
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> All 24 are rated High or Severe and they are all legit !
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> VERY interesting to say the least. And very impressive.
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> Chuck
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