RSSMS Makes AntiSpyware More Informative
By Nate Mook | Published July 19, 2005, 12:23 PM
While it still hasn't progressed to Beta 2, Microsoft has once again quietly refreshed its Windows AntiSpyware utility. The update brings fixes for the loading of new signatures that are used to detect malware, along with changing the way users are informed about spyware processes running on a PC.
A previous update to Windows AntiSpyware added longer descriptions of the way spyware is categorized. Microsoft is encouraging all users to upgrade to version 1.0.615, which will be distributed to existing users through the software's built-in update feature. The new release is available for download via FileForum.
I did a scan today using a different Spyware scanner after I ran MS AntiSpyware that found "no spyware" When I ran the "other" scanner, it came up with gator, and 17 other products. So I opted out of the "other" scanner with no action taken, ran MSAS again just to make sure. It found nothhing. So I ran the "other"scanner again, deleted the spyware products, and then promptly uninstalled MS Antispyware. I will not use it again. So much for "trusting" sofware. Fact is, there is not much out there you can trust...User beAware!!
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|Yes but is MSSW still marking GAIN and GATOR as safe?
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|it is still telling me i have 1.0.614 and i still get the update bug
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|There still seems to be a problem with manual updating. I currently have definition file 5735, but if I hit "update" it downloads and installs and tells me it has just updated from 1527 to 1535. It will keep doing this, even if you close and reopen the program or reboot the computer. It's not a destructive bug, but it's annoying.
The previous version did the same thing.
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|My biggest beef with this software is it can kill off some software that is legitimate.
After installing and running Beta 1 for instance, my installation of VNC stopped functioning, despite telling the software to ignore it.
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|I had it ask about VNC also, but once I selected to ignore it left it alone all the time.
Works like it's supposed to :)
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|lucky... I told it to ignore it, and it crippled my VNC install... not like reinstalling was all that painful *lol*
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|I have no problems with this software.
It works well and cleans stuff very well.
Peace.
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|People don't even want to comment on MS anti-spyware (which is a skin for GIANT antispyware. Open up MS anti-spyware main screen then open up process in Task manager, look.).
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|Everyone knows it is GIANT. Microsoft bought GIANT and then stopped building their Anti-Spyware and instead just started putting Microsoft technology into it little-by-little.
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|since the claria deal is off, who wants to bet they're malware is back on the list of bad programs?
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