[IP] more on URGENT -- Ad/Spyware defeat program...

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 18:36:02 -0600
To: dave@farber.net, ip <ip@v2.listbox.com>, perl@lucent.com
Subject: Re: [IP] URGENT -- Ad/Spyware defeat program...

At 04:42 PM 5/5/2003, Richard Perlman wrote:

>URGENT:
>
>I tried [Spybot Search & Destroy]. It removed software
>essential for Windows XP to boot!!  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Richard and Dave:

I recently worked with a PC Magazine team which performed
extensive tests of "spyware removers." The results are
included in the finished article at

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,978009,00.asp

Note that Spybot Search & Destroy was the top-rated product
(better than any of the ones that cost money) and caused
no problems when we tested it on Windows XP Home. In
fact, it got the highest system stability rating. It is
always possible that some piece of spyware could "throw a
tantrum" and crash the machine if an attempt is made to
disable it, but this (if it happens) is likely the result
of malicious intent on the part of the creator of the
spyware. If you see problems after running any spyware
removal tool on a Windows system, I'd recommend running
Microsoft's configuration utilities and disabling any
suspicious software that's set to run at boot time (either
as a startup program or as a service). This will likely
solve the problem.

--Brett Glass


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