Thanks, Bubba. I was thinking of trying that, but wondered if after unchecking all I would not be able to check all simply by checking the one...
In the Restricted Sites list I see that I have some 639 items with protection disabled. Rather than spend the time manually checking all 639 of...
I finally got a new update available for MS AS Beta 1, and after the download, Rivarts.A is no longer detected on my system. The update was...
Hi PCJohn, I guess my question is why would you want to uninstall Spyware Doctor if it were clear that SD was the source of the keys, or are...
Here is a link to Panda's virus encyclopedia on Rivarts.A:...
Check out these replies by Mike Treit of Microsoft on 3/27/06 on the MS Discussion Groups forum thread 'Rivarts.A Backdoor - False positive or...
If you get a reply from Microsoft at all, it will only be to say that Defender (like its predecessor MS AS) is in Beta, and MS does not provide...
I too found Rivarts.A on my system from a MS AS Beta scan. I was surprised because it is literally the first alleged malware it has detected since...
I've been fortunate to have had very little in the way of malware installed, a combination of a lot of AS running and cautious surfing. Every once...
Heco, thanks for that idea. I do have Spy Sweeper installed and SS itself has not been running well for a while now - most notably it fails to...
Thanks Notok for that interesting link and comments.
That's an interesting observation, that the site is just a front that masks the sole true intent of malware distribution. It sure does seem...
A belated thank you to all who have posted on this thread. There is a lot to consider here. This would be a good time for me to think about a...
Conventional wisdom says that adult/porn sites are more likely to contain malware of various kinds than other sites, so much so that from what I...
I have never been all that concerned about government spying on me personally as I really have nothing to hide. I am not a domestic of foreign...
Thanks, pvsurfer, for your post and the provided Microsoft link. I ran through the test procedure that MS suggested there, although I have not...
I have used Win XP System Restore off and on for a year and a half with no apparent problems. The last few times I have tried to use it I get a...
I too have a conflict with SpywareBlaster and Spy Sweeper. With SB 3.5.1 just released, this is a good time to bring it up. Overall I think Spy...
You list several AV apps here. I wonder if these are simply ones you recommend, or do you use them all simultaneously? If the latter, how do you...
Thanks to all for their replies. I thought renaming the folder would be the easiest, safest course for me to take. Renaming the folder...
My subscription to NIS 2004 was due for renewal, so I upgraded to NIS 2006, but had a failure during the installation process. I think NIS 2004...
I notice while watching Process Explorer that msnmsgr.exe is consuming a huge amount of CPU time. I use msn/verizon as my browser but never use...
I recently downloaded Process Explorer, and while I see two SpywareGuard processes running, I don't see SpywareBlaster at all, i.e. it is not...
For what it's worth, the Dell I bought over a year ago came with NIS 2004, and overall I am happy with its technical performance. To my knowledge,...
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