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| Thread ID: 78797 | 2007-04-29 00:40:00 | NOD32 never picks up anything, and neither does Windows Defender | qazwsxokmijn (102) | Press F1 |
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| 545071 | 2007-04-29 00:40:00 | That's funny. I'm using NOD32 for nearly a month with Vista but it hasn't picked up ANYTHING. Neitehr does Windows Defender. Spybot however picked up minor things like DoubleClick. So does that mean NOD32 and Windows Defender likes DoubleClick and the likes? Or is it that I have been a clean boy for nearly a month? Thanks in advance! |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 545072 | 2007-04-29 00:44:00 | Most windows users complain that they keep catching something "and isn't it ironic, don't ya think; its like raiiiiiiiin... " |
Myth (110) | ||
| 545073 | 2007-04-29 01:02:00 | Doubleclick is a tracking cookie, so neither of your other programs consider it a threat. It is picked up by Spybot due to it being considered a Privacy issue. It doesn't contain or perloins any private info off your computer, but indicates your visits to double-click enabled sites. Every time you go to a doubleclick enabled site, it reads the doubleclick cookie only and enables it to tell what other double-click sites you have been to. They collect all the data and sell it. This enables sellers to target their advertising to certain sites. Fir example, if they found that a lot of visitors to Repco site also visited Trademe, they could now target both if they were selling tyres. So really all your finding are harmless cookies and really it is up to personal choice as to whether your worried about them or not. |
pheonix (36) | ||
| 545074 | 2007-04-29 01:03:00 | Doubleclick etc arent exactly nasty. I'll be surprised if any AV program company would waste their time, making defs, or whatever theyre called, just so it'll pick up cookies. There's more important things like actual viruses/trojans to detect than cookies. Either block it in the hosts file, or use ccleaner to delete it after. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 545075 | 2007-04-29 01:04:00 | Most windows users complain that they keep catching something "and isn't it ironic, don't ya think; its like raiiiiiiiin... " and "a thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" ;) (check out Salvadore Dali's museum in the north east of Spain.... ) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 545076 | 2007-04-29 03:44:00 | That's funny. I'm using NOD32 for nearly a month with Vista but it hasn't picked up ANYTHING. Neitehr does Windows Defender. NOD32 is a virus checker. Not a spyware tracker. As the others have said........... BTW mine hasn't found anything in 2 years. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 545077 | 2007-04-29 04:46:00 | Well, that's cool. For a month I've been clean. Not looking at inappropriate websites....:D Loving this.... |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 545078 | 2007-04-29 05:35:00 | So umm what would be the best spy/adware-monitoring programs? I don't know if Windows Defender is any good. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 545079 | 2007-04-29 13:53:00 | Defender was supposed to be more accurate than spybot and ad-aware when PCworld tested them, however spybot and ad-aware also remove tracking cookies and the likes, which is what I want them to do. I run all 3 myself. However neither of the 3 are as effective as some pay for solutions, like webroot spyware sweeper. |
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