Anti Spyware Beta 1

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I ran the update anti spy ware.. it showed that my computer was clean, as a
test I then ran the free spy ware program "Ad-Aware SE Personal it picked up
7 tracking cookies that the microsoft anti spyware missed

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In news:eMXj$SGLFHA.568@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
Nocturnal <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> This is normal. It does the same with mine. I don't know if the
> cookies themselves are an actual threat thus the reason why
> Microsoft's doesn't pick it up. Either that or it's due to it only
> being in its first beta cycle. "Derek Burman" <Derek

Or, in this case, if it doesn't even scan for them. MAS doesn't scan for
cookies at this time. Maybe in the future?

For future reference there have been newsgroups setup specifically for the
Microsoft Anti-Spyware beta:


Support for Beta of Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware

At this time, support for the beta version of Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware
is being provided through the following Microsoft
newsgroups:
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.announcements
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.appcompat
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.general
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.install
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.networking
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.signatures
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.onlinecommunity

These newsgroups can be accessed via NNTP or HTTP.

To access these newsgroups using HTTP, please go to the following
location:
http://communities.microsoft.com/n [...] e&sLCID=us

To access these newsgroups using NNTP, please use the following information
for your NNTP client (such as Microsoft Outlook Express):
- NNTP Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
- Account name: privatenews\spyware
- Password: spyware

NOTE: No password will be required via the HTTP link

Galen

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Signature changed for a moment of silence.
Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.

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Microsoft AntiSpyware forum:
http://communities.microsoft.com/n [...] e&sLCID=us

"Derek Burman" <Derek Burman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news4E22F3D-BEBD-4DD2-8CB5-7C536DB161E4@microsoft.com...
>I ran the update anti spy ware.. it showed that my computer was clean, as a
> test I then ran the free spy ware program "Ad-Aware SE Personal it picked
> up
> 7 tracking cookies that the microsoft anti spyware missed

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I ran the antispyware and found that it makes my computer restart whenever it
reaches the file xpsp2reg.dll. I've done the scan three times now with the
same result. Anyone experiencing similar problems?