Microsoft Anti Spyware

[Dwayne Conyers]

I was almost tempted to try the beta but hear it turns up too many false
positives. I'll stick with Adaware and Pest Patrol for now...


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Or else it gets the hose again...
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[Gary]

On 2-Apr-2005, "Dwayne Conyers" <noah.boddie@invalid.com> wrote:

> I was almost tempted to try the beta but hear it turns up too many false
> positives. I'll stick with Adaware and Pest Patrol for now...

Never had a positive detected on my system with MS Antispyware. I never had
any spyware on my computer.

[Mich]

"Dwayne Conyers" <noah.boddie@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:d2lmjr$cfd$1@snorky.bananasplit.info...
> I was almost tempted to try the beta but hear it turns up too many false
> positives. I'll stick with Adaware and Pest Patrol for now...
>
>
> --
> It rubs the lotion on its skin...
> Or else it gets the hose again...
> www.dwacon.com
>
>
I install it for my customers all the time, I have had no complaints,
and it has active protection, I think even better than Pest Patrol.

Mich...

[optikl]

Dwayne Conyers wrote:
> I was almost tempted to try the beta but hear it turns up too many false
> positives. I'll stick with Adaware and Pest Patrol for now...
>
>
Hmmm...I've noticed *none* with MAS. Now with Spy Sweeper, I've seen a
few.....

[Gary]

On 2-Apr-2005, optikl <optikl@com_invalid_cast.net> wrote:

> Hmmm...I've noticed *none* with MAS. Now with Spy Sweeper, I've seen a
> few.....

I would have to agree. I had a few with SpySweeper but they fix them right
away. They are two of the best AntiSpyware programs out there.

[Jay T. Blocksom]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 10:31:35 GMT, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "Gary"
<zero@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> On 2-Apr-2005, optikl <optikl@com_invalid_cast.net> wrote:
>
> > Hmmm...I've noticed *none* with MAS. Now with Spy Sweeper, I've seen a
> > few.....
>
> I would have to agree. I had a few with SpySweeper but they fix them right
> away. They are two of the best AntiSpyware programs out there.

You *must* be joking.

MAS is... well.. Microsoft. 'Nuff said.

Spy Sweeper is pure crap, from the same spamming thieves who foisted "Window
Washer" on the world:

<http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=Webroot+group:news.admin.net-abuse.*&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=G&scoring=d>
<http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q="Window+Washer"+group:news.admin.net-abuse.*&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=G&scoring=d>

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[Tim Smith]

In article <d2lmjr$cfd$1@snorky.bananasplit.info>,
"Dwayne Conyers" <noah.boddie@invalid.com> wrote:
> I was almost tempted to try the beta but hear it turns up too many false
> positives. I'll stick with Adaware and Pest Patrol for now...

Adaware has false positives, too--as do pretty much all the others.

When a false positive is reported to Microsoft (they have a handy web
form for this), they quickly check it out, and remove it if it is indeed
a false positive. That's something you don't see with many other
antispyware programs (including Adaware).

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--Tim Smith

[RolYat]

In article <reply_in_group-81DF3B.06083102042005
@news1.west.earthlink.net>, reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com ...

> In article <d2lmjr$cfd$1@snorky.bananasplit.info>,
> "Dwayne Conyers" <noah.boddie@invalid.com> wrote:
> > I was almost tempted to try the beta but hear it turns up too many false
> > positives. I'll stick with Adaware and Pest Patrol for now...
>
> Adaware has false positives, too--as do pretty much all the others.
>
> When a false positive is reported to Microsoft (they have a handy web
> form for this), they quickly check it out, and remove it if it is indeed
> a false positive. That's something you don't see with many other
> antispyware programs (including Adaware)

I just installed it just to see what I thought.

It [MAS] told me I had Spyware via Messenger Plus (I opted out of the
spyware inclusion during the install) and also something problematic
with TightVNC.

Subsequently, i've uninstalled it as I a) just feel uncomfortable with
this software for some reason, and b) i'm happy that my system is well
enough protected by other means.

[ted s.]

Tim Smith wrote:
>
> When a false positive is reported to Microsoft (they have a handy web
> form for this), they quickly check it out, and remove it if it is
> indeed a false positive. That's something you don't see with many
> other antispyware programs (including Adaware).
>
Oh, I don't know about that. Ad-Aware just fixed the media-motor false
positive within a few days of it's appearance in the recent update.

[CWatters]

"Dwayne Conyers" <noah.boddie@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:d2lmjr$cfd$1@snorky.bananasplit.info...
> I was almost tempted to try the beta but hear it turns up too many false
> positives. I'll stick with Adaware and Pest Patrol for now...

In my view you need ALL the programs you can get. My wifes PC seems to have
picked up Gator Adware despite running the following:

Spybot S&D
PestPatrol
Microsoft Antispyware Beta
SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard
NAV 2005 (flags up Gator in a hidden file but doesn't remove it)