 Yahoo Anitspyware? The Next Greatest Thing?, i ran yahoo antispyware on my dad's computer just for the hek of i |
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 Jul 13 2006, 01:19 PM
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I'm securing my dad's laptop, and have used all the excellent techniques on this website ie Firewall (kerio) spybot antispyware blaster avast AV adaware as well as running autoruns and optimizing his computer etc etc. Well after running spybot and ad aware and getting good results, i decide to run Yahoo's antispyware, expecting to find nothing, obviously....well i found some adware, a trojan, and some spyware! is this program the new next best thing or is it just me? I did run the program on the IE browser (since his that's where is antispyware program was) thanks. |
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Jul 13 2006, 02:21 PM
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 Bleepin' Animin Group: Site Admin Posts: 5,903 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Now On... Member No.: 31,547 |
Thought you might like to know this: Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows Spyware From Partners. From here http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040602/0712242.shtml Google has more reviews which state for the most part the same thing, in case you are interested.
Not exactly the app you think it is, for the most part. Be (Friends behind your back) Safe  Da Bleepin AniMod, Animal -------------------- The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. Andrew Brown  "On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key." — Scott Adams. |
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Jul 13 2006, 02:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 87 Joined: 1-July 06 Member No.: 74,187 |
Thanks animal.
I failed to mention that while i was posting that message (in Firefox), AVAST had detected a Trojan which I placed in the vault. It was so odd that right after I ran that yahoo antispyware was when my AV had detected something. I hope people read this post and remove yahoo's anitspyware right away. There should be more warnings on these programs... Thanks again. |
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Jul 17 2006, 08:31 PM
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I just removed Yahoo Anti-Spy.
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