Norton Internet Security 2005 / Anti-spyware beta (link)

[Guest]

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FYI....

https://www-secure.symantec.com/public_beta/index.html



Stew

 

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Hello Stew,

Thanks for the link ... but it is funny how Symantec now announces
it has a beta NIS version even labelled "Anti-spyware edition" when
I bought 3 months ago the NIS 2005 full version which also
claims to detect and remove spyware and it did not find nor
remove a single spyware entry in my computer and I had
thousands of spyware ... I had to buy Spy Sweeper and Eliminator
to clean up the spyware ecosystem I had here ...

Regards,
Giovanni

"S.Lewis" <stew1960@cover.bellsouth.net> wrote
> FYI....
>
> https://www-secure.symantec.com/public_beta/index.html
>
>
>
> Stew
>

 

[bill]

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It's worth noting that Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware offer
free spyware management software. If the trade journals are to be
believed these are perhaps the best available to manage spyware.

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:38:00 +0100, "Giovanni Azua"
<bravegag@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>Hello Stew,
>
>Thanks for the link ... but it is funny how Symantec now announces
>it has a beta NIS version even labelled "Anti-spyware edition" when
>I bought 3 months ago the NIS 2005 full version which also
>claims to detect and remove spyware and it did not find nor
>remove a single spyware entry in my computer and I had
>thousands of spyware ... I had to buy Spy Sweeper and Eliminator
>to clean up the spyware ecosystem I had here ...
>
>Regards,
>Giovanni
>
>"S.Lewis" <stew1960@cover.bellsouth.net> wrote
>> FYI....
>>
>> https://www-secure.symantec.com/public_beta/index.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Stew
>>
>

 

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Bill wrote:
>
> It's worth noting that Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware offer
> free spyware management software. If the trade journals are to be
> believed these are perhaps the best available to manage spyware.

While both programs *basically* do what they're supposed to,
sometimes you get what you pay for... Some recent magazine
articles have suggested that their success rate isn't all
that good.

I've been using CounterSpy (http://www.sunbelt-software.com/CounterSpy.cfm),
for quite some time, and couldn't be happier.

Notan

 

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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:55:00 -0500, Bill wrote:

> It's worth noting that Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware offer
> free spyware management software. If the trade journals are to be
> believed these are perhaps the best available to manage spyware.

I remember reading an article (sorry, no link) that compared solutions and,
surprisingly, Mircosoft AntiSpyware came out on top.

--

-Jeff B.
zoomie at fastmail dot fm

 

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"Yeff" <zoomie@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:55:00 -0500, Bill wrote:
>
>> It's worth noting that Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware offer
>> free spyware management software. If the trade journals are to be
>> believed these are perhaps the best available to manage spyware.
>
> I remember reading an article (sorry, no link) that compared
> solutions and,
> surprisingly, Mircosoft AntiSpyware came out on top.

Indeed, on two of my pc's MS AS found things that neither Spybot nor
AdAware found.

 

[bill]

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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:02:52 GMT, Yeff <zoomie@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:55:00 -0500, Bill wrote:
>
>> It's worth noting that Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware offer
>> free spyware management software. If the trade journals are to be
>> believed these are perhaps the best available to manage spyware.
>
>I remember reading an article (sorry, no link) that compared solutions and,
>surprisingly, Mircosoft AntiSpyware came out on top.

OK I know I could goggle it, but since I'm here, is this the monthly
file that Microsoft includes when they send out their regular
scheduled patches or is it something different?

 

[bill]

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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:02:52 GMT, Yeff <zoomie@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:55:00 -0500, Bill wrote:
>
>> It's worth noting that Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware offer
>> free spyware management software. If the trade journals are to be
>> believed these are perhaps the best available to manage spyware.
>
>I remember reading an article (sorry, no link) that compared solutions and,
>surprisingly, Mircosoft AntiSpyware came out on top.

Well I just went to the Microsoft site to dl this product. I had to
run their Validation Software first so I do and when I try to run it I
get the message that the version I just d/l'ed is out of date.

Grrr. . ..

 

[bill]

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On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:31:54 -0500, "S.Lewis"
<stew1960@cover.bellsouth.net> wrote:

>FYI....
>
>https://www-secure.symantec.com/public_beta/index.html
>
>
>
>Stew
>

Well I finally got it on my machine and ran it. It found two
suspected items. Then out of curiosity I ran Spybot Search and
Destroy. Spybot found a suspect that MS had missed.

It looks like the rule of thumb about running Spybot and Adaware
should be expanded to include the MS spyware as well.

 

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Bill <bnospamgross@nospam.airmail.net> wrote:

>"S.Lewis" <stew1960@cover.bellsouth.net> wrote:

>>FYI....
>>
>>https://www-secure.symantec.com/public_beta/index.html

>Well I finally got it on my machine and ran it. It found two
>suspected items. Then out of curiosity I ran Spybot Search and
>Destroy. Spybot found a suspect that MS had missed.
>
>It looks like the rule of thumb about running Spybot and Adaware
>should be expanded to include the MS spyware as well.

Since MS bought and is distributing the Giant [IIRC] pro-program,
I have added it to my routine Spybot S&D and AdAware checks. As
I have noted before, the anti-spyware/adware crowd don't seem to
be at the level of talking to each other/sharing info as the AV
crowd is, and I have often found [even with an update check on
each before my weekly run] one or the other catching the odd
SW/AW program, or more often, element of a SW/AW invader, that
the others missed.

Since I started running all three, the running the odd "free
check of your machine for SW/AW" offered by the various proware
A-SW/AW sellers hasn't caught anything missed by all three.
--
OJ III
[Email to Yahoo address may be burned before reading.
Lower and crunch the sig and you'll net me at comcast.]

 

[laura]

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"Bill" <bnospamgross@nospam.airmail.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:31:54 -0500, "S.Lewis"
> <stew1960@cover.bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>>FYI....
>>
>>https://www-secure.symantec.com/public_beta/index.html
>>
>>
>>
>>Stew
>>
>
> Well I finally got it on my machine and ran it. It found two
> suspected items. Then out of curiosity I ran Spybot Search and
> Destroy. Spybot found a suspect that MS had missed.
>
> It looks like the rule of thumb about running Spybot and Adaware
> should be expanded to include the MS spyware as well.

Each program is designed to look for different things. I run Spybot, adaware
and MS on a regular basis. If I think that I am infected with something I
will also run Webroot's Spysweeper as an added precaution. My daughter's
machine was infected recently and it took all 4 programs to dejunk it. I had
to scan the machines a few times before all of it was cleaned up. Spysweeper
is the one that really performed best in this case as Spybot and AdAware
kept coming up clean.