Re: SPYBOT RESULTS LISTING MICROSOFT SOFTWARE

From: siljaline (siljaline_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/06/03 

Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:29:56 -0500

"Robert Moir" <bofh@mvps.org> wrote:
> siljaline wrote:
> > "NYCDWELLER" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> I ran spybot software and it located, among other files, a
> >> microsoft file listed
> >> as "HKEY_USERS/DEFAULT/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVe
> >> rsion/Internet Setti..."...my question is...should I
> >> delete this type of file from my computer or leave it
> >> alone?
> >
> > If it flagged *red* in the scan results, it is a threat, if it flagged
> > *green-ish*
> > in the scan results, it is a log file and safe to ignore.
>
> But that doesn't mean much. Spybot reports the updater software for my
> antivirus as a threat, because that updater is used by many different
> things, some of which are good and some of which are bad.
>
> We need more information before we can say if something is a threat or not,
> its that simple. The listing above is incomplete and we don't know the
> context of the key being there.

Robert,

SpyBot is not perfect in it's assessment of threats as the application borders
on the paranoid with log files. I do agree that the Reg key information
is incomplete.

I do try to warn posters that SpyBot is for advanced users, especially with
regard to log files.

Regards, 

-- 
siljaline 
MS - MVP Windows IE/OE
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