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| 340437 | 2005-04-01 20:21:00 | I have been running ms anti spyware every morning for about the last six weeks. During this period it has not found a single instance of spy ware. What is it supposed to be looking for?? Every day my Ad-Aware finds and removes about seven or eight "tracking Cookies" This runs after the MS program has found nothing. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 340438 | 2005-04-01 20:25:00 | Heh heh. Thats why its best to run more than one. | pctek (84) | ||
| 340439 | 2005-04-01 20:49:00 | MS is different to most of the others in that it stops spyware getting in so you will very rarely find anything Rest Easy.I now only "run" Ms and spybot once a week maybe | kjaada (253) | ||
| 340440 | 2005-04-01 21:16:00 | Tracking cookies aren't a threat to your computer but they are an invasion of your privacy. These allow websites to potentially track where you go on the internet and are used for marketing reasons only. It isn't unusual to recieve them and if you continue using Ad-Aware you can keep them under control. They are also not anything to really worry about, they aren't harmful such as a virus or spyware may be. Don't worry about these too much, just clear them when you run Ad-Aware. Some more information at this link. www.mvps.org There is also an excellent article on dealing with Spyware. www.mvps.org |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 340441 | 2005-04-01 22:09:00 | I wouldn't worry Jack. Spybot never picks them up either. The only thing I ever find with a combined MS/Spybot/Ad-Aware scan is three alexis tracking cookies picked up by Ad-Aware. I have never had any spyware or malware infestation yet. Normal precautions via the standard electronic condom (nat router) and Zone Alarm plus commonsense surfing seem to keep me clean. That plus good old reliable IE 6 ;) Cheers Billy 8-{) :2cents: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 340442 | 2005-04-01 22:50:00 | Why on earth are you checking your computer everyday for that stuff? If nothing has been found over the last six weeks then you obviously don't download any "free" junk all the time nor visit the smutty or dodgy sites where that stuff is normally picked up . Commonsense ought to tell you when you may have been exposed to a bit of risk . I only install Adaware and Spybot once every couple of months when I remember and they never pick anything up on my PC either . The biggest risk is from viruses, trojans, etc and my anti-virus/trojan scanners deal with the the rare ones that come in . As for the tracking cookies, I don't worry about them . Every now and then my browser and cookie cache get a flush-out with CCleaner so they don't sit there long anyway . Get more flying time by doing the adware scans once a fortnight, if you have to . :) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 340443 | 2005-04-02 00:21:00 | firstly what programs people call spyware is different. hence different antispyware targets different things. i doubt MS will call any of their functions spyware ;) also MS antispyware is BETA so don't go exspecting it to work correctly. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 340444 | 2005-04-02 00:28:00 | I don't have ms antispyware installed for the scanning protection. That's what Spybot's for. I use it for the realtime protection | Edward (31) | ||
| 340445 | 2005-04-02 00:37:00 | also MS antispyware is BETA so don't go exspecting it to work correctly. Dont expect any of microsofts products to work corectly |
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