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Old 1st February 2007 | 19:34
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Globaliser
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Originally Posted by Ant
Anyway, knowing that the programme is in essence SPYWARE, I was shocked that McAfee antispyware along with ZoneAlarm Pro and Spybot Search & Destroy completely failed to flag it up when installing it or when running a check. What??
But those programs don't simply look for things with the characteristics of spyware. They look for specific known targets, which is why they have to be updated just like virus scanners.

I'll bet that the program you use is something which, although has some of the characteristics of spyware, is known to be benign and is therefore not in the database of "bad" programs that need to be detected and removed.

Last edited by Globaliser; 2nd February 2007 at 11:00. Reason: Usual finger trouble, sorry.
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