PG and (PC Tools') Spyware Doctor

Discussion in 'ProcessGuard' started by SG1, Jun 14, 2006.

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  1. SG1

    SG1 Registered Member

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    Been running trial ver. of PC Tools' Spyware Doctor, and when the app starts up PG tells me that Spyware Doctor attempts to "modify" seemingly everything under the sun that's running at the time, notably the AV NOD32. What goes on here - there a legit reason that Spyware Doctor should be allowed to modify anything?

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    SG1 (Pat)
     
    SG1, Jun 14, 2006
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    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    spyware doctor places kill bits as part of it's protection like spywareblaster does and PG could be alerting to it trying to place those killbits.
     
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    It isn't a killbit issue (this just applies to ActiveX controls) but many anti-spyware applications work by injecting their DLLs into every other running program (usermode hooking). Assuming that you trust Spyware Doctor, you should allow this by giving it Modify permissions in PG.
     
    Paranoid2000, Jun 15, 2006
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