jmargel
join:2001-03-07
Northumberland, PA
| Down w/ spyware homebrewer.. the only problem w/ ad-aware is that it doesnt do automated scans. I dont have the time to manually scan 200+ machines every week. And I shouldn't expect my users to as well.
Spyware like CC needs to be stopped. As a home user & someone who's in charge of the networking @ my place of work which includes emergency response systems, this stuff needs to be illegal, and held accountable by federal law.
Enough is enough already! If my network gets penetrated by hackers, we call the FBI.. But this spyware has gotten so bad, that it's not much different than being hacked into.
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barkyPremium
join:2001-03-17
San Diego, CA | theres no problem with adaware. it wasn't designed for corporate use, was it? As god of my own world, thanks to me for adaware being free. |
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froggy58
join:2002-05-07
Cape Canaveral, FL | reply to jmargel
jmargel,
Actually it can if you order(buy) the AdAware Plus module. It allows the Ad-Watch Module part rest in the tray monitoring spyware modules(mostly spycookies) and kills them live. With it running in the tray, I've hardly had to do an AdAware Scan because they usually come up with no spyware. Not sure it will stop the CC from coming in the way it does, for that I'd look into a program called WormGuard. It monitors(heuristic monitoring) exe's, viruses, trojans and their attempts to change OS settings.
WormGuard runs by a hook(non-active unless triggered) and if the wrong thing is requested by whatever the hook starts the process and warns you that this bit is trying to run, are you sure you want to do it or quarantine it.
For the past two years with those two programs running(WormGuard & AdWatch) on my machine, I've not had to run the bigger active(tray) virus scanner. I only do a full system Virus Scan once a week manually, and not seen a virus in two years.
Frog |
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froggy58
join:2002-05-07
Cape Canaveral, FL | reply to jmargel
Here you go.
I was sure they had Corp Lic so here it is. At the very bottom, unlimited license:
»esd.element5.com/product.html?pr···d=501541
Frog |
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 AkumalDaveLife's A BeachPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-20
Minneapolis, MN | reply to jmargel
said by jmargel:
.. the only problem w/ ad-aware is that it doesnt do automated scans. I dont have the time to manually scan 200+ machines every week. And I shouldn't expect my users to as well.
You might want to take a look at Pest Patrol - available through Sunbelt Software ( »www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=911 ) . It does have a memory-resident module that can flag Spyware when it attempts to install. After I emailed Stu (of the Win2k newsletter and Sunbelt), he added a feature comparison table with Ad-aware that helps assess performance. The only beef I have with Pest Patrol is that it continually flags my 16-bit and MS-DOS apps that use NTVDM.exe as containing the Wnuke4 pest. I've swept my system repeatedly with anti-virus software and my version of NTVDM.exe appears to be legit, so I feel this is a false alarm. Emails to Tech Support have gone unanswered. Other than that, I like the program.
Dave (not affiliated with Sunbelt Software, other than as a customer) |
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