Spyware Doctor Question

[use_a_hammer@yahoo.com]

Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.

Subscription runs out in a couple of days so just for the hell of it I
downloaded a trial version of Spyware Doctor and I have 2 questions.

1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!

2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
http://www.cc-dt.com/ so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to be
and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing again.
Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is the deal?
According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and Spy Sweeper
registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

use_a_hammer@yahoo.com wrote:

> Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.

My ISP gave me a trial a few years ago. I deleted it the next day.

> Subscription runs out in a couple of days so just for the hell of it I
> downloaded a trial version of Spyware Doctor and I have 2 questions.
>
> 1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
> in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!

Sorry, never used it.

> 2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/ so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to
> be and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing
> again. Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is
> the deal? According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and
> Spy Sweeper registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.

hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/ :

"This is a DoubleClick Performics advertising clickserver. "

Click here for the DoubleClick Performics home page.

Click here for privacy information.

Doubleclick? That's why... Apparently, SpySweeper isn't as good as you
thought. Now as to why Spy Doctor is alarming, you must have that link
somewhere, maybe in a browser cache. Or a cookie.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

[Mahatma Kote]

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:57:07 -0700, "use_a_hammer@yahoo.com"
<use_a_hammer@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.
>
>1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
>in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!

Most s/ware programs require a reboot after
install/reinstall/uninstall.

>2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
>http://www.cc-dt.com/ so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to be
>and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing again.
>Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is the deal?
>According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and Spy Sweeper
>registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.

Good question. I think Spyware Doctor finds false positives. It
found one in Free Commander which I d'loaded from the FC site.

I will stick to Spybot. Good and free and always updated.

Best advice is to stay away from suspect websites.


Mahatma Kote

I have seen Calcutta, my knees are brown,
my navel is central, my conscience is clear
and my will is with my solicitors,Messrs.Short and Curly.

[use_a_hammer@yahoo.com]

On Oct 22, 8:57 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> use_a_ham...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.
>
> My ISP gave me a trial a few years ago. I deleted it the next day.
>
> > Subscription runs out in a couple of days so just for the hell of it I
> > downloaded a trial version of Spyware Doctor and I have 2 questions.
>
> > 1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
> > in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!
>
> Sorry, never used it.
>
> > 2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
> > hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to
> > be and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing
> > again. Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is
> > the deal? According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and
> > Spy Sweeper registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.
>
> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/:
>
> "This is a DoubleClick Performics advertising clickserver. "
>
> Click here for the DoubleClick Performics home page.
>
> Click here for privacy information.
>
> Doubleclick? That's why... Apparently, SpySweeper isn't as good as you
> thought. Now as to why Spy Doctor is alarming, you must have that link
> somewhere, maybe in a browser cache. Or a cookie.
>

On Oct 22, 8:57 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> use_a_ham...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.
>
> My ISP gave me a trial a few years ago. I deleted it the next day.
>
> > Subscription runs out in a couple of days so just for the hell of it I
> > downloaded a trial version of Spyware Doctor and I have 2 questions.
>
> > 1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
> > in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!
>
> Sorry, never used it.
>
> > 2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
> > hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to
> > be and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing
> > again. Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is
> > the deal? According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and
> > Spy Sweeper registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.
>
> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/:
>
> "This is a DoubleClick Performics advertising clickserver. "
>
> Click here for the DoubleClick Performics home page.
>
> Click here for privacy information.
>
> Doubleclick? That's why... Apparently, SpySweeper isn't as good as you
> thought. Now as to why Spy Doctor is alarming, you must have that link
> somewhere, maybe in a browser cache. Or a cookie.

SS constantly beats Spyware Doctor in most spyware reviews, so it's
just fine.

I clean my cache and cookies on a regular bases, so that isn't the
problem. Seems like a false positive to me.

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

use_a_hammer@yahoo.com wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> use_a_ham...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> 2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
>>> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to
>>> be and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing
>>> again. Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is
>>> the deal? According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and
>>> Spy Sweeper registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.
>>
>> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/:
>>
>> "This is a DoubleClick Performics advertising clickserver. "
>>
>> Click here for the DoubleClick Performics home page.
>>
>> Click here for privacy information.
>>
>> Doubleclick? That's why... Apparently, SpySweeper isn't as good as
>> you thought. Now as to why Spy Doctor is alarming, you must have
>> that link somewhere, maybe in a browser cache. Or a cookie.
>
> SS constantly beats Spyware Doctor in most spyware reviews, so it's
> just fine.

None of the anti- programs all catch everything. But I can't speak to
the reviews.

> I clean my cache and cookies on a regular bases, so that isn't the
> problem. Seems like a false positive to me.

Somehow, somewhere Spyware Doctor found that URL on your computer.
Perhaps on a cached web page you didn't clean prior to that scan.

See what SuperAntiSpyware says about your computer. It's free.
http://superantispyware.com/

hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/ is a Doubleclick.net site. Ad-serving, tracking
cookies, annoying company. Your site advisor might not find anything
malicious at that URL, but Spy Doctor may have it listed because it is a
tracking/ad-serving company. That's my guess.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

[use_a_hammer@yahoo.com]

On Oct 22, 8:57 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> use_a_ham...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.
>
> My ISP gave me a trial a few years ago. I deleted it the next day.
>
> > Subscription runs out in a couple of days so just for the hell of it I
> > downloaded a trial version of Spyware Doctor and I have 2 questions.
>
> > 1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
> > in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!
>
> Sorry, never used it.
>
> > 2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
> > hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to
> > be and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing
> > again. Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is
> > the deal? According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and
> > Spy Sweeper registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.
>
> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/:
>
> "This is a DoubleClick Performics advertising clickserver. "
>
> Click here for the DoubleClick Performics home page.
>
> Click here for privacy information.
>
> Doubleclick? That's why... Apparently, SpySweeper isn't as good as you
> thought. Now as to why Spy Doctor is alarming, you must have that link
> somewhere, maybe in a browser cache. Or a cookie.


On Oct 22, 8:57 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> use_a_ham...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.
>
> My ISP gave me a trial a few years ago. I deleted it the next day.
>
> > Subscription runs out in a couple of days so just for the hell of it I
> > downloaded a trial version of Spyware Doctor and I have 2 questions.
>
> > 1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
> > in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!
>
> Sorry, never used it.
>
> > 2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
> > hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to
> > be and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing
> > again. Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is
> > the deal? According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and
> > Spy Sweeper registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.
>
> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/:
>
> "This is a DoubleClick Performics advertising clickserver. "
>
> Click here for the DoubleClick Performics home page.
>
> Click here for privacy information.
>
> Doubleclick? That's why... Apparently, SpySweeper isn't as good as you
> thought. Now as to why Spy Doctor is alarming, you must have that link
> somewhere, maybe in a browser cache. Or a cookie.

SS constantly beats Spyware Doctor in most spyware reviews, so it's
just fine.

I clean my cache and cookies on a regular bases, so that isn't the
problem. Seems like a false positive to me.

[use_a_hammer@yahoo.com]

On Oct 22, 9:02 pm, dingdongda...@dumas.com (Mahatma Kote) wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:57:07 -0700, "use_a_ham...@yahoo.com"
>
> <use_a_ham...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.
>
> >1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
> >in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!
>
> Most s/ware programs require a reboot after
> install/reinstall/uninstall.

This was after a reboot. I've only got one (pop-up) so far, but having
to reboot to install updates? That makes no sense.
>
> >2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
> >http://www.cc-dt.com/so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to be
> >and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing again.
> >Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is the deal?
> >According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and Spy Sweeper
> >registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.
>
> Good question. I think Spyware Doctor finds false positives.
>It
> found one in Free Commander which I d'loaded from the FC site.

Agreed.

> I will stick to Spybot. Good and free and always updated.

But it doesn't find everything, and if it does it won't delete it. My
friend had "HotBar" toolbar downloaded on her computer and NONE of the
free programs would delete it. I installed Spy Sweeper on her computer
and it nipped it in the bud.
>
> Best advice is to stay away from suspect websites.

That is why I use Mcafee Site Advisor.

[use_a_hammer@yahoo.com]

On Oct 22, 8:57 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> use_a_ham...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.
>
> My ISP gave me a trial a few years ago. I deleted it the next day.
>
> > Subscription runs out in a couple of days so just for the hell of it I
> > downloaded a trial version of Spyware Doctor and I have 2 questions.
>
> > 1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
> > in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!
>
> Sorry, never used it.
>
> > 2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
> > hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to
> > be and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing
> > again. Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is
> > the deal? According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and
> > Spy Sweeper registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.
>
> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/:
>
> "This is a DoubleClick Performics advertising clickserver. "
>
> Click here for the DoubleClick Performics home page.
>
> Click here for privacy information.
>
> Doubleclick? That's why... Apparently, SpySweeper isn't as good as you
> thought. Now as to why Spy Doctor is alarming, you must have that link
> somewhere, maybe in a browser cache. Or a cookie.


On Oct 22, 8:57 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> use_a_ham...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.
>
> My ISP gave me a trial a few years ago. I deleted it the next day.
>
> > Subscription runs out in a couple of days so just for the hell of it I
> > downloaded a trial version of Spyware Doctor and I have 2 questions.
>
> > 1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
> > in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!
>
> Sorry, never used it.
>
> > 2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
> > hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to
> > be and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing
> > again. Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is
> > the deal? According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and
> > Spy Sweeper registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.
>
> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/:
>
> "This is a DoubleClick Performics advertising clickserver. "
>
> Click here for the DoubleClick Performics home page.
>
> Click here for privacy information.
>
> Doubleclick? That's why... Apparently, SpySweeper isn't as good as you
> thought. Now as to why Spy Doctor is alarming, you must have that link
> somewhere, maybe in a browser cache. Or a cookie.

SS constantly beats Spyware Doctor in most spyware reviews, so it's
just fine.

I clean my cache and cookies on a regular bases, so that isn't the
problem. Seems like a false positive to me.

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

use_a_hammer@yahoo.com wrote:

<snip>

Is that post stuck in your outbox? <lol>

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

[use_a_hammer@yahoo.com]

On Oct 22, 8:57 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> use_a_ham...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Been using Spy Sweeper for about 3 yrs, been totally happy with it.
>
> My ISP gave me a trial a few years ago. I deleted it the next day.
>
> > Subscription runs out in a couple of days so just for the hell of it I
> > downloaded a trial version of Spyware Doctor and I have 2 questions.
>
> > 1) Why do I get pop-ups saying that I will have to restart my system
> > in order to complete update installation? That would be a royal PITA!
>
> Sorry, never used it.
>
> > 2) After a scan I got "Spyware Known Bad Sites", in particular
> > hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/so I quarantined whatever that is supposed to
> > be and immediately ran another scan and got the same exact thing
> > again. Quarantined it, ran another scan, and got it again. What is
> > the deal? According to Mcafee Site Advisor it isn't a bad site and
> > Spy Sweeper registers nothing. I've never even been to that site.
>
> hxxp://www.cc-dt.com/:
>
> "This is a DoubleClick Performics advertising clickserver. "
>
> Click here for the DoubleClick Performics home page.
>
> Click here for privacy information.
>
> Doubleclick? That's why... Apparently, SpySweeper isn't as good as you
> thought. Now as to why Spy Doctor is alarming, you must have that link
> somewhere, maybe in a browser cache. Or a cookie.

SS constantly beats Spyware Doctor in most spyware reviews, so it's
just fine.

I clean my cache and cookies on a regular bases, so that isn't the
problem. Seems like a false positive to me.