RE: [Full-Disclosure] Virus infect on single user

["Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls@utdallas.edu>]

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> [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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