Re: Kaspersky, McAfee and Trend Micro regarded as malware ?



On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:36:00 -0600, "Michael D. Ober"
<obermd.@.alum.mit.edu.nospam.> wrote:

"DDW" <dd.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:26:33 -0400, "t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was doing a scan with Spybot Search & Destroy, while it was running
there
was a Hint of the Day appeared inside the Spybot window.
( See screenshot ). So, if I had one of those 3, I should ditch Spybot ?
P.S. I do NOT have anyone of those security programs. My question is
merely
curiosity.
Any comment/insight ?
t-4-2

It's just saying to expect false positives.

DDW
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Based on my experience, McAfee yes. The other two no. I have seen McAfee
miss "old" viruii, even when fully updated.

Mike Ober.

You missed the point completely. The OP's post referred to SS&D and
its screenshot, not McAfee. McAfee was one of the possible false
positives.

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