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Thread ID: 34157 2003-06-05 12:02:00 Spyware detectors and cleaners rugila (214) Press F1
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150061 2003-06-05 12:02:00 Have just run Ad-Aware, Spy-Bot and Spysweeper without deleting anything in between.
All have up-to-date reference files.
Results are:
Ad-Aware detected nothing
Spybot detected 3 items
Spysweeper detected 64 items

Probably all these use different definitions of spyware. That does lead onto question of what aspects of spyware should one bother about.

But I haven’t managed to detect anything with Ad-Aware for several weeks now. Probably I’ll uninstall it and reinstall and try again.

But I’d like to know if there is spy – or other – ware out there that can disable spyware detectors such as Ad-Aware. If so how does one get onto and disable such noxious ware? Any ideas highly welcome.
Eureka (=Update to above) Ad-Aware just came up with one item (cookies\me@ad-flow[2].txt)

But what about all of the others?? 		rugila (214)
150062 2003-06-05 12:51:00 What sort are files are listed among the 64? I suspect the program is being a little enthusiastic but! Having diff anti-spyware app's means they can detect each others definition files or poss even log files.

Have heard of worms and viruses disabling AV prog's but not spyware, must be coming if not already.

BTW Have you set Spybot to inoculate?

Cheers Murray P 		Muzzer (238)
150063 2003-06-05 21:55:00 Spybot identifies normal Windows files as spyware on the basis that intruders (or bosses) could follow your tracks and perhaps use information they find.

Adaware does not do this, and concentrates on alien software installed without your permission for the sending of data to external persons or agencies, or to enable access to your computer perhaps..

Adaware has never failed to find spyware on my computer, but a second run with Spybot will always throw up a raft of other hits that you can delete or ignore according to your paranoia level, or the extent to which your surfing or other computer activites might cause you embarrassment.

The only time Adaware might fail you is in the brief period before the next definition update if Spybot post their new defs first. Of course the reverse can also apply and Adaware might succeed where Spybot fails.

Cheers

Billy 8-{) 		Billy T (70)
150064 2003-06-05 23:07:00 Are you getting regular web-updates from Ad-aware;

I am running

Reference File OR142 04:06:2003 loaded

and I recommend to my friends to check each week for new updates.

Brian
B) 		intelliagent (429)
150065 2003-06-06 00:19:00 You might want to add this tool to your anti-spyware toolkit. It sets a killbit for spyware active-X controls used to install various spywares thus meaning that the spyware cannot be installed at all. It has a couple of other very handy functions as well. Add it to what you use and keep it up to date and you will find as I have that spyware is a thing of the past (till the spyware criminals design more insidious tools using unknown functions in Windows).

www.wilderssecurity.net

And even better it's a freebie. 		John Grieve (367)
150066 2003-06-06 01:16:00 Do you also realise that Spyware blaster is incorporated into the Spybot 1.2 version under the guise of "immunize" ? Pheonix (280)
150067 2003-06-06 01:32:00 Hi pheonix,
sorry old son but the only way I could stop gator/trickler trying to force me to install, was to stop the intrusion before it hit my puta, unless I have egg on my face- since using the blaster program I have not had Mr Gator try the install.
Spybot does immunize but I still had Gator attempts show and needing Spybot's cleaning - the offer to stop the intrusion at source was too good to miss.
Tell me if in fact I am kidding myself - I do NOT appreciate gator's attitude.
effie c 		effie C (772)
150068 2003-06-06 02:15:00 No , think your right, just had a play and although a lot were already protected, a number weren't.
So thanks for that, I am now running Spyware blaster as well. :D 		Pheonix (280)
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