RE: Virus infect on single user

["Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls () utdallas edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Gregh
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:20 PM
> To: sean01 () accnet com au; full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Virus infect on single user
>
> Maybe it SUCKS because what he actually had was a damned 
> SPYWARE item? Apart from that, it is the best of the "pay 
> for" AV scanners unfortunately. If he ran Adaware and Spybot 
> at the very least, on his system, he wouldnt have this problem.
Actually the recent versions of McAfee do a pretty good job of
*detecting* Adware.  They don't do a good job yet of *cleaning* adware,
but they at least let you know it's there.

Spybot Search and Destroy is much better.
 
Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ 

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