Re: FYI: Windows Defender on Vista...

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote:

> On 7/25/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote:
> >
> > > On 7/24/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Still needs some work,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Doesnt even detect eicar.com :-(
> > >
> > >
> > > someone pointed out to me (thankfully offine) that I am a moron and
> > > Windows Defender only detects Spyware (well except for Claria apps
> > > ;-).
> > >
> > > That leads me to wonder if there is an eicar.com for spyware apps?
> >
> > Any product can detect the Eicar test file, if it wants to. If it doesn't,
> > that doesn't mean it isn't doing it's job. The test file is just a way to
> > check that you have it installed correctly, and that it's active.
>
>
> So is there any standard way to test to see if your antispyware is
> active and functioning?

Dunno. Do the antispyware folks have the equivalent of Caro?
 

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