Andy wrote:
> I downloaded and update AVG Free Anti-Spyware and done a full disk scan
> (Scan all files) and it found spyware and I chose to delete all. Immediately
> afterwards I downloaded SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4 and updated it and done
> a full scan and it came up with another load of spyware ones that weren't
> found on AVG anti spyware. they were Jupilites, Microsoft
> windows.activedesktop, Microsoft.Windows.Explorer,
> Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.taskManager and SpySheriff.
>
> Now why can you not seem to entrust one anti spyware program to get rid of
> ALL spyware without having to check with another spyware program? - and why
> were these spyware not picked up by AVG anti spyware program in the first
> place?
>
> Does anyone know?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy.

Andy,

What were the actual items shown for Jupilites and SpySherrif? Were
they files or registry keys? The other items really aren't threats -
Spybot just flags those indicating you may have Active Desktop enabled,
etc.

As for why a single anti-spyware program can't detect
everything......the answer is that the number of spyware infections
coming out daily is astounding and it is, and always will be impossible
for a single product, from a single vendor to catch everything on a
given day.

For instance, we receive thousands of unique samples per week in
addition to the thousands we harvest in-house - every other company is
harvesting and receiving their own set of samples - and many of the
samples are different that we receive - so there is really no way for a
single company to catch everyhing. Thus the requirement of using
multiple layers of anti-spyware and anti-virus solutions.

Nick Skrepetos
SUPERAntiSpyware.com
http://www.superantispyware.com