Spysweeper

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Spysweeper, a tutorial

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baker1 View Member Profile	Oct 21 2007, 01:13 PM Post #16
Member Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 6-May 07 Member No.: 129,188	The Spysweeper from Webroot.com has of late done some rather credible work and it is this rather credible work that it has done recently that has made this comment necessary.If there is any concern whereby what Spysweeper can or cannot do I would not take it to seriously.I have not known that Spysweeper can detect and remove a rootkit however there have been instances whereby there were detections of very real trojan finds that when you find out about them you will know that someone indeed is trying to hurt you.There have been Adware detections that are meaner than some rather traditional trojan detections.The list goes on which is why webroots research library is excellent and a real help in determining how to proceed once a find is verified.So you will know now know one is fooling around,one of the finds required of a subscriber a Hi-jack this log session and it looks like it has proven successful.The detection and Hi-Jack This Log session involved a Trojan Horse whose rated level was a seriously critical marked in RED by Spysweeper Research.Its name is LdPinch Trojan whose unique code is LDPTRJ14.This particuliar find was looked at under the Am I infected? What do I do Forum-quietman7 assisted chapin33 to run a series of diagnostics to determine the degree that the find had compromised this particuliar users computer.It is quite serious and in a manner of speaking just the beginning.I wish to refer you to http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/top...ntry642250.This is just the beginning because though this detection and proactive attempt appears to have been successful this was only for one of three very serious detections discovered at the very first.The second Type detected by Spysweeper was as well a Trojan whose rated category is of a critical find whose Unique code is CKVGLRK4 and named Trojan-Bobcat .There was one more piece,a piece of Adware rated very high whose Unique Code is 4WBOS2QK and whose name is CNSMin.Spysweeper has things in hand and great is how great it is when these defenders of the faith if you will provide an unmistakable defense that is unbreakable.That is what Spysweeper can provide and that is what Spysweeper has provided for. HooRah for Spysweeper, HooRah for Spysweeper.

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