raythompsontn
join:2001-01-11
Oliver Springs, TN | Nice Product
So far the product seems to work well and caught some stuff that Ad-Aware did not catch. |
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Jameson
10-8
Premium
join:2004-05-28
Fallbrook, CA
clubs:  | im going to try it when i get home!!! |
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fiddelm3742
I Hope You Learned Your Lesson
join:2003-02-19
Waterloo, IA
clubs:
| reply to raythompsontn
Thus far I am not impressed.
Only Item it detected was RealVNC which is used in a corporate environment. It does give useful suggestions as to the real uses of the software, but is it considered spyware? Definitely not! If it thinks so, then the program seems to be acting more like an Anti Trojan piece of software than an anti spyware piece of software.
Also, it did not detect any bad cookies. However Spybot S&D had no problem coming up with at least 10 relevant results.
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MFI bring the color |
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anon7007
@rr.com | reply to raythompsontn
The king of spyware making an anti-spyware product. Yeah I trust that. Not. |
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electric_dsl
join:2004-07-20
Pickering, ON | reply to fiddelm3742
IT is not labelling it as spyware.
It is saying that piece of software acts and does things that spyware may do.
Besides it recommends that you keep it. |
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Samwoo
join:2002-02-15
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | reply to anon7007
Microsoft isn't the king of spyware...
They are the king of selling really expensive products. |
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Persona
Premium
join:2004-07-07
Gravenhurst, ON
| reply to raythompsontn
I like it - found some legitimate stuff ad-aware and spybot over looked
Uses a little too much RAM as it idles in the systray though - I believe. |
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Tech-2005
@pacbell.n
| reply to raythompsontn
Here is the list of antispyware that I ran before installing Microsoft antispyware:
SpySweeper 3.5 (latest version)
SpywareBlaster
Ad-Aware SE personal
Spybot S&D
McAfee antispyware
I also have Norton AV 2003 with all current updates & the latest Zone Alarm Pro 5.5 with privacy settings set to block mobile code, cookies, etc.
I ran a scan with Microsoft antispyware (Giant AS) and it came up with three severe security threats. One adware and two spyware. One I think was found possibly in the McAfee AS quarantine directory, one was associated with the browser. The other one was just sitting in the Windows system directory.
I run scans every day with all the other AS programs mentioned and yet this MS antispyware program picked up THREE severe threats. All that "other" spyware protection with TWO of them blocking on the fly in real time and I still had three severe threats found by the Microsoft antispyware.
My suggestion is that everyone who has any sanity regarding security to download this completely free Microsoft ( Giant formerly) product ASAP and run a scan ! |
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PunkGod
join:2003-02-02
| reply to raythompsontn
I like it. It found two items adaware SE Pro, spybot and spyware doctor didn't. It found Grokster and WebHancer, two items I never knew were on my computer and this is after a reformat not to long ago. I had a feeling something wasn't right with my computer cause web pages were acting weird and slower than normal. I'm using opera browser if anyone is wondering. |
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Tech-2005
@pacbell.n
| PunkGod...You are correct about that...
On my system it found WebHancer, KCGame (RAT), and SearchSquire.
Even with the new MS Antispyware running now in the background along with my other AS programs...because of these spyware programs removed...my browsing speed has increased quite a bit. This Giant AS program that Microsoft bought is tops in the antispyware game. I really like it. |
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campbelc
join:2002-02-19
Battle Creek, MI | reply to fiddelm3742
Actually VNC violates your EULA with Microsoft. But we too use RealVNC. Love the Antispyware beta though. |
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Geminimind
Premium
join:2003-12-20
Sacramento, CA | reply to Persona
Yeah it works real good,got rid of stuff that adaware and other spyware programs did not |
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click_310
Eat my shorts
join:2002-12-06
Savannah, GA
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said by campbelc  :Actually VNC violates your EULA with Microsoft. How?
NOTE: I have never in my life read the MS EULA. Don't feel like wasting a perfectly good Friday afternoon doing it either. |
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Soujiro Seta
Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu
join:2003-05-29
Santa Monica, CA |  reply to raythompsontn
 Does it really work? i mean more effective than mcaffee? |
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JofCore
join:2004-09-15
Sebewaing, MI
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He's probably talking about this part... (this has been there since Windows 2000, BTW)
Except as otherwise permitted by the
NetMeeting, Remote Assistance, and Remote Desktop
features described below, you may not use the Product
to permit any Device to use, access, display or run other
executable software residing on the Workstation Computer,
nor may you permit any Device to use, access, display,
or run the Product or Product's user interface, unless
the Device has a separate license for the Product.
So, technically, to VNC to your windows box from your linux box, you would need a windows license for your linux box.
I remember someone once mused on what this phone call might go like:
MS: Hello, Microsoft Licensing, may I help you?
U: Yes, I need to purchase a windows license for my linux box.
MS: ok, what version of windows do you currently have?
U: I don't have windows. I need a license for my linux box so I can remotely connect to a windows machine at work.
MS: So what version of windows do you have?
U: I DON'T HAVE WINDOWS. I HAVE LINUX.
MS: Oh, well we don't support linux. Thank you for calling Microsoft! |
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