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Microsoft Anti-Spyware

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I don't normally do "Me Too" posts, and I know that this one will get a lot of coverage on the Microsoft blogs, but the Seattle PI blog just mentioned that the beta of Microsoft's new anti-spyware solution was just released to the web here.

I installed it on my machines at work yesterday, and it seems pretty nice so far.  Of course I didn't have any spyware for it to find (because I'm pretty darned careful, and run as a limited user), but...  It'll be interesting to run it at home, especially since Valorie (and I) like playing some of the online games (like Popcap's) that get singled out as being spyware by some tools.

 

I have no knowledge of their final product plans, so it's pointless to ask.  All I know about this is what I've read in the press.

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  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
    /. picked up on WinPCap - read the exact text - it identifies that WinPCap might be spyware, because spyware uses it.

    I was actually really quite surprised by that, to be honest, it was a really intellegent thing to do.

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    January 06, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
    "...it identifies that WinPCap might be spyware, because spyware uses it."

    I appreciate that, but if it finds no spyware that does use it, then IMHO it shouldn't really flag it. After all, IE, WSH, etc., can be used by spyware, and those don't get picked up! (David's problem notwithstanding.)

    Ran it on two more machines and compared the results to AdAware -- they both picked up exactly the same problems, which bodes well.

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
    Identified Sporder.dll in the system32 dir as "severe" spyware. Not sure what app installed it, but I shouldn't have any spyware on this machine. Spybot S&D picked up around 5 routine cookies, no mention of the dll. It appears the dll is a valid library for some apps, but can be used maliciously by others. Not wise for MS to include it without some notation.

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
    "...it identifies that WinPCap might be spyware, because spyware uses it."

    I wonder what version of winpcap/ms anti spyware you are using. I've got winpcap 3.0 on XP and ms anti-spyware doesn't identify it as spyware. The Spyware Definitions are 5680.

    On the other hand ms anti-spyware has detected nothing on my machine. After reading all of these false positive reports I really wonder what I've done wrong with my installation of ms anti-spyware :)

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
    The only thing it found on my machine was RealVNC. I'd appreciate that an unwanted VNC server could be a sign of spyware, but I only installed the client to remote onto my Mac.

    Other than that I really like it, and I was very impressed by the comprehensive approach Microsoft appears to be taking judgeing by the article here.
    http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/strategy.mspx

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
    sporder.dll (and its sporder.exe frontend) is a util for checkin and changing the Winsock provider order. It has legitimate uses (for example, ISA2000 client uses it), but some spyware use it too (WebHancer). I also think it should be off the list.

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    January 07, 2005
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    January 10, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    January 10, 2005
    Anyway, you guys install that AntiSpyware and in a month or so there will be at least 20 security alerts about it... And then we will get something else for free from MSFT... and in 2-3 years after Symantec, McAfee and other real ones are dead... Microsoft will come up with verison 7 of AntiSpywarem, but this time it will not be free and you have to pay...
    As to me: I've already removed it -- enough...

  • Anonymous
    January 22, 2005
    I ran into all kinds of strange problems. This is really the first time that I have a major issue with MS software.
    I can't even go to the website where I downloaded it from, to check the faq's. The window in which I open the page, closes when it wants to go to that page.
    Also, the help and support feature in XP doesn't work anymore. I click the link in my start menu and it just doesn't come up. On my logitech wireless keyboard I have to reset my buttons every time I restart. The restore points don't work even and all kinds of strange processes start when I start up/use XP. I'm so bummed out by this...anyone has a clue to share with me? Thx!

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2005
    i installed this app, it's good but it keeps trying to reinstall itself at start-up. Does anyone else have this problem? If so does anyone know how to clear it up?

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