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Plldwnyrpnts

join:2003-04-19
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reply to woody7
Re: Hmmmm.........

I won't be chucking it. I'll just consider it less reliable. And as always, it will not be the only scanner I use.


CampMaster
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said by Plldwnyrpnts See Profile:

I won't be chucking it. I'll just consider it less reliable. And as always, it will not be the only scanner I use.
Same here. Pretty sad though and duly noted for future reference and recommendations to others.
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Viper007Bond
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join:2002-09-26
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reply to Plldwnyrpnts
Same goes for me as well.

I've been relying on Microsoft's lately actually. It caught the Cydoor that came with eXeem while Ad-Aware did not.
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Buddel
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said by Plldwnyrpnts See Profile:

I won't be chucking it. I'll just consider it less reliable. And as always, it will not be the only scanner I use.
Yep!:)


King P
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reply to CampMaster
I've always used Ad-Aware and Spybot. This does make me scratch my head about Ad-Aware. If Anti-Spyware companies start doing this (removing known spyware from it's definitions) then what is to keep Norton or McAfee from doing the same thing with Virus definitions? I guess big money always talks loudest...
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Well, they HAVE. They've at times removed malware remote control trojans that went "legitimate" with a commercial version, e.g. NetBus Pro.

I don't know if they still do this, but it has more to do with liability than with pay-offs.

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BonezX
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said by Viper007Bond See Profile:

Same goes for me as well.

I've been relying on Microsoft's lately actually. It caught the Cydoor that came with eXeem while Ad-Aware did not.
same deal with cydoor, S&D caught it when i scanned, but ad-aware didn't and it usially picks up on data miners.


slimpickinz

join:2003-11-29
Conyers, GA

reply to Viper007Bond
It did not catch Cydoor...hmmmm, have you updated definitions lately....
Look here, as an experiment, I installed exeem and here are the results...
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