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RE: Virus infect on single user
From: "Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls () utdallas edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:23:54 -0600
-----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Gregh Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:20 PM To: sean01 () accnet com au; full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Virus infect on single user Maybe it SUCKS because what he actually had was a damned SPYWARE item? Apart from that, it is the best of the "pay for" AV scanners unfortunately. If he ran Adaware and Spybot at the very least, on his system, he wouldnt have this problem.
Actually the recent versions of McAfee do a pretty good job of *detecting* Adware. They don't do a good job yet of *cleaning* adware, but they at least let you know it's there. Spybot Search and Destroy is much better. Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
Current thread:
- Virus infect on single user Rompax We Burn Everything (Feb 09)
- RE: Virus infect on single user Sean Crawford (Feb 09)
- Re: Virus infect on single user Gregh (Feb 09)
- Re: Virus infect on single user morning_wood (Feb 09)
- Re: Virus infect on single user Steffen Hetzel (Feb 09)
- Re: Re: Virus infect on single user Kenton Smith (Feb 09)
- Re: Re: Virus infect on single user Gregory A. Gilliss (Feb 09)
- Re: Re: Virus infect on single user Ron DuFresne (Feb 09)
- Re: Virus infect on single user Steffen Hetzel (Feb 09)
- Re: Re: Virus infect on single user Kenton Smith (Feb 09)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Virus infect on single user Schmehl, Paul L (Feb 09)
- RE: Virus infect on single user CHS (Feb 09)
- Re: Virus infect on single user Cael Abal (Feb 09)
- anti-adware and false positives (was: Virus infect on single user) Spiro Trikaliotis (Feb 10)
- RE: Virus infect on single user CHS (Feb 09)
- RE: Virus infect on single user Brad Griffin (Feb 09)
- Re:Re: Virus infect on single user Ian Latter (Feb 10)
- RE: Virus infect on single user Sean Crawford (Feb 09)