Re: Spyware and Virus help please!

From: Bigbruva (Richardh_at_dontusethis.ws)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:40:40 -0800

There is a gray area between what is spyware and what is a Trojan (which has
typically been picked up as part of the Antivirus applications)
This is changing as we are seeing more of the AV companies extending their
scanners to detect spyware too.
But, as has always been the case, nothing detects everything all the time
:-(

Both Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware are considered good spyware scanners (with the
Microsoft Antispyware tool looking like the best bet once it is out of beta)

As for an Antivirus application, before you go out and buy something check
out the offers on the following page:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/downloads/default.mspx

If you used these you can get up to 12 months free (I use and like EZarmor
from CA)

HTH

BB

"SarahP" <SarahP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:55F5EB63-6751-48C7-A4AF-00DFF2258BCA@microsoft.com...
> Right after I posted this message, I downloaded "Spybot - Search and
> Destroy". I'll see if that picks up anything and I'll let you know if it
> does (I'm not holding my breath). =o)
>
> "SarahP" wrote:
>
>> I'm going out to purchase an update for my antivirus software today
>> (currently McAfee Professional v.7.0). Just for kicks, I did an online
>> scan
>> at Norton.com and McAfee.com.
>>
>> The Norton scan picked up two spyware programs, but no viruses per se.
>> The
>> McAfee scan picked up one virus (a "General Downloader" as it called it),
>> but
>> no spyware programs. Well darn.
>>
>> I was just going to go out and purchase the latest version of McAfee
>> Professional (I certainly don't want to buy both Norton and McAfee), but
>> if
>> it doesn't pick up these spyware programs, how should I go about getting
>> rid
>> of them? I've also downloaded Microsoft Anti Spyware, AND AdAware,
>> neither
>> of those will detect the spyware that Norton detected.
>>
>> I'm just hoping I guess that the online scan that McAfee did, is a
>> different
>> scan than the actual Professional version of the software will do once I
>> purchase it, and it will detect the spyware (along with the virus). Is
>> this
>> a possibility?
>>
>> If it doesn't detect the spyware, any suggestions on how to get rid of
>> it?
>>
>> Thanks!

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