Ad-aware finds what spybot won't

[Gait_Keeper]

I run spybot and ad-aware

most times after runing spybot I run ad-aware and it will find 9 or more entries, why?

once I ran ad-aware and it opened a file to scan and then NAV popped up a virus waring
I had recently did a virus scan and NAV said I was clean. So by ad-aware opening what it opened NAV was able to detect it, so much for NAV too LOL

I've been using spybot and ad-aware for about 2 years or more and configured each to what I feel is the best configuration

Have I started to babble......

[Martoch]

They are known to work as a team, not sure exactly why though...neither one detects all the spyware on its own. Yes, you're babbling...knock it off!


Geesh, you've been using them both for over 2 years and still don't know why you need both?

[Gait_Keeper]

Actually I've been saving that question/babble, another thread reminded me of it, oh actually 2 threads

one about a dialer and the other about " there are no stupid question"

only stupid bosses? lottery tickets?(the ones that don't win)

but it was cool that ad-aware put the smackdown on NAV, for me

Anyone else?
wait wait there was something else, no maybe not, but there could be, but maybe i'm not telling, maybe i don't even know, maybe i'll start a thread

Must be an airforce thing, if I knew then what I know now maybe I would have reenlisted

[Dax_Brandy]

i am using ad-aware now and pccillin.. i hope they would make a good team too.

[Kuasimodem]

Originally posted by Gait_Keeper
I run spybot and ad-aware


once I ran ad-aware and it opened a file to scan and then NAV popped up a virus waring
I had recently did a virus scan and NAV said I was clean. So by ad-aware opening what it opened NAV was able to detect it, so much for NAV too LOL

Have I started to babble......

The file that AdAware opened was probably a virus encoded into an installer program. NAV couldn't recognize it until it was opened and decoded (read something about it on a security website, but my mind fails me as to where at the moment )

[Gait_Keeper]

Good to know, and I'm checking for updates for both ad-aware and spybot on a more regular basis

also running zone alarm ( free version )

and common sense

[SeanC]

I've always found Spybot finds stuff that Adaware doesn't... I guess it just depends what gets installed onto your system without your knowledge.

Sean

[demon_wolf]

They work as a team, one will always pick up on some that the other misses.

[kevinss]

Something else to keep in mind:

Spyware writers can install IE plugins that will execute on IE startup, and perform functions with the current user's privs.

Go to C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files

All you should have (normally) are the Update Class (Windows update), Shockwave, Quicktime, or any other well-known web-enabled apps you use.

Anything else is generally spyware. The spyware scanners fail to identify them and remove them due to the random nature of their ID generation.

[no1_vern]

Check this out also the IE address can be hijacked:

http://www.techimo.com/forum/showthr...941#post995941

I thought about it and decided to add this :

Approx date first sighted: January 11, 2004
Log reference: http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index...673&hl=nkvd\.us
Symptoms: IE hijacked to nkvd.us and smart-finder.biz, redirections to nkvd.us and smart-finder.biz when typing incomplete URLs into address bar.