using xp home edition on new dell 4600, 6 weeks old. set for 3 users; all have admim. priviledges
using norton av 2004, adaware, spybot 1.3, & spyblaster.
having some spyware problems, & i've been scanning. it seems that if i scan each user seperately, different items are found on each user, in the adaware & spybot. i also had to configure spyblaster in each user. then what comes to mind is what about cwshredder?
should seperate scans be performed from each users desktop?
thank you, len kiesling

running anti-spyware programs in xp
Started by
lenny323
, May 30 2004 04:59 PM
7 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 30 May 2004 - 04:59 PM
#2
Posted 31 May 2004 - 09:18 AM
Hi lenny323
There are 4 users on our computer (xp), and i have to run spybot,cwshredder on each desktop. The only thing i don't do seperatley is my norton av. I dont think there is any way round this. Is good practise here for everyone to keep their desktops clean.
There are 4 users on our computer (xp), and i have to run spybot,cwshredder on each desktop. The only thing i don't do seperatley is my norton av. I dont think there is any way round this. Is good practise here for everyone to keep their desktops clean.
#3
Posted 31 May 2004 - 10:04 AM
I never thought about doing separate scans on different accounts. 3 on my PC, and Ad-Aware finds problems across the board not just mine, I will try this and see if it makes a difference. I had to configure spywareblaster on the other accounts though.
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#4
Posted 31 May 2004 - 10:37 AM
Thank you Lenny 323 for the suggestion, I ran Spybot on the other settings. And sure enough the bugs were their, not now though.
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#5
Posted 31 May 2004 - 08:50 PM
I don't think you should need it for separate acounts unless they're not running with root. If Ad-Aware runs as root, it sees all, knows all, and can kill all, so it shouldn't have issues with NTFS file permissions.
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#6
Posted 01 June 2004 - 05:29 AM
I was surprised by Lenny's suggestion, as Ad-Aware scans everything I assumed Spybot would. But is it possible to make it do that?
PS. Tuxedo Jack why only consider suing Outhost for their strain of CWS. Shooting might be a better solution, they might all get the message then, I suppose that might be a bit extreme though.
PS. Tuxedo Jack why only consider suing Outhost for their strain of CWS. Shooting might be a better solution, they might all get the message then, I suppose that might be a bit extreme though.
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#7
Posted 01 June 2004 - 10:19 AM
Spybot may handle NTFS permissions differently than Ad-Aware; I don't know about that. If it does, that's something to consider asking PepiMK to check on redoing for 1.4.
And I only want to sue because that'll drag the rats into the sunlight and expose their unethical practices.
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Posted 01 June 2004 - 10:21 AM
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