Microsoft AntiSpyware 1.0 Beta!

MS AS Beta refused to install while Giant was still installed, so I'll leave Giant on till the refund situation becomes clearer.

I put MS AS Beta on my wife's computer (running XP pro, all updates) - seems to be working OK. I'm not sure but at a quick glance MSAS sems to be lacking Giant's "system innoculation" option.,

 

A little giant info,

 

Thanks, bigc73542. What's the url for that info?

 

OK - found it at http://www.spynet.com/. Cheers!

 

the link is here

it is right under "overview" at the top of the page

 

Also here -

"As part of your paid subscription, there are platform, support, and functionality features in GIANT AntiSpyware that are not included in the Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) software."

 

Well......DL'd and ran a full scan and got a few FP's.
* An Acer screensaver (Acer Computer!)
* A PCDSS screensaver a friend sent me from Canada.
* searchsquire sidebar/toolbar?.....Think this was the same FP that Giant was getting some months ago? I assume it's finding a reg key put there by Spybot S&D when immunising, because all of a sudden (after q'tining), Spybot has 1 object not immunised. Re-immunise and quick scan again and there it is again. Doesn't look like M$ have done too much homework with their Giant aquisition!!
Buck.

 

Hi Buck I have that F/P too. I checked it (as I didn't have any toolbar at all) I deleted it.

everything running smooth...

 

Be careful!! If you remove the reg key, you remove the SB&D protection!.....or maybe I'm misunderstanding what you are saying??

 

Hi Buck,

If the details in M$'s AS are ... (re:searchsquire)

HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Internet Settings\Zone Map\Domains\Searchsquire.com

If you type regedit in the run box ... & navigate to this ... in the right pane you will see a Dword Value. The Value should be 4. Which is right. (See screen shot)

A value of 4 means searchsquire is set as a restricted zone. A value of 2 indicates a trusted zone.

If the value you find for the Dword Value is 4 ... it's a False Positive from M$ AS ... it's only finding the key ... and not the Dword Value. Which is incorrect ... you can add it to the ignore list for now. And see if it gets corrected with the next DB Update.

Steve

Ps. And Yes ... Giant had this very same F/P ... Looks like we've taken a few steps back.

 

Thanks Steve,
I'd found exactly that info in a post by you in mid-Dec here , but thanks for popping in anyway (you are very reliable!). It's definitely an FP. I'll just ignore it.
Cheers mate,
Brad.

 

LOL ... See Good Post ~verbatem~ Never go to waste. ... Now that I know you can search ... you're only getting search "keywords" from now on.

Oh yeah ... Just like a Mod. Typing it all out again sucks Copy 'n Paste I say ...

 

Now hang on!!! I'm still a dumb Aussie...remember! I'll just have to PM you instead!
Brad.

 

PS> It's still a shame that M$ couldn't fix a simple bug that has clearly existed for a while now!!

 

Does anyone know if the resident protection portion is listening on port 80? I've d/l'ed the beta but not installed it yet because I don't want an instant conflict with SpyBlocker, whichs owns port 80. Pete

 

Actually Giant Had corrected it with Def's # 5677 ... See a few steps back ... How typically M$ ... I wonder what the future holds.

 

Hi Pete, I am using SB 8.2 (really) and doesn't conflict at all with giant. it is a great team!!

p.s. Thanx dog for clarifying, I see no strange things in my immunization, nothing ignored...

so I am good to go I guess...

cheers

 

Thanks Infinity. I might give it whirl when I get some time, then. Pete

 

No prb, there will be an update soon regarding sb...

keep you informed

btw thanx for p.m.'ing me the other day regarding deep freeze, works good so far.

 

You're quite welcome.

 

Interestingly......looky what M$ Antispy is called in task manager!

 

is m$ AS calling itself Brad funny

as far as the mem usage: with the mainscreen on top it consumes a little more and the less guards you use: the less cpu it will consume...

that is how I interprete this issue which I have to with Giant.

 

What kind of resource-usage are we talking about here, guys? Can anyone put up some screenshots from WTM? Pete

 

My previous post is about right for the scanner 25000k
couple of other tasks (assume related to real time) at 6-7000k

 

Well, I d/l and installed and ran last night (Win XP Home Sp2) and it found 5. I like the explanation for each one given when you highlite the adware/spyware/trojanware product. I also like the fact that you can create a restore point within the software so you can go back if you need. I then ran Adaware after that and it found one more. I'm running Spybot now at home (I'm at work), so will see the results when I get home.

Looks good to me. I'd never heard of Giant before.

In addition I have Spyware Blaster MRU Blaster and Spycop. I don't think the software can hurt, but you need to check out the false positives and if it messes up spybot that needs to be fixed too.

Anyway so far I'm pleased.