[dba-Tech] Counter Spy

The X-Cleaner
http://www.spywareinfo.com/xscan.php

and AVG online Anti-Spy scanner:
http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/

are good double checkers for CounterSpy. They don't have to be installed and
clean what they find (unlike many "free" scanners).


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
Beach Access Software
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:21 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Counter Spy

I'm getting the impression that Counter Spy is the pack leader at the
moment, based on our collective experience.  I tried it - it found a couple
of innocuous things.  But I didn't compare to Adaware or Spybot.  I sure
would like to be able to run one program instead of three or four.  I'm on
the 15 day trial.  Looks like I may have to go for it.

Rocky
 




  
 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:04 AM
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Counter Spy

Hi Jon

It found three nasties:
  Trojan.Unclassified.gen
  Look2Me
  Inlook Express
and one harmless:
  Weatherbug

Spybot S&D found none of these.
The trial license for TrojanHunter has expired. Wonder what it would have
found; it used to find "anything" but I haven't used it for a while.

/gustav


>>> Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk 30-05-2007 15:00 >>>
Dan

I've used:

Spybot 1.4
Ad-Aware 1.06
Zonealarm Pro (With Anti-Spyware)
Mischel Trojan Hunter 4.2
Spy Sweeper
Panda Online ActiveScan Pro
AVG Pro

Scared you yet? :-)


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Waters [mailto:dwaters at usinternet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:38 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Counter Spy


Jon & Lembit,

What were you using previously that did not find the keylogger or the Trojan
downloaders?

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:04 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Counter Spy

Yeah, it found some trojan downloaders on mine, which was kinda scary!


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Lembit Soobik [mailto:lembit.dbamail at t-online.de]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:48 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Counter Spy


I downloaded and installed it.
It found WinControl, a Keylogger!

Thanks a lot, Jon.

Lembit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bobby Heid" <bheid at sc.rr.com>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:14 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Counter Spy


Ok Jon,

I bought it on your recommendation.  It better be good!  LOL.

Bobby

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 6:46 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: [dba-Tech] Counter Spy

I've just downloaded and installed Counter Spy - £15 for 3 years worth
of
updates was too silly a price to pass up. This evening, I'd run Spybot
1.4,
Ad-Aware 1.06, ZoneAlarm's AS tool and diskclean before I ran Counter
Spy.
it picked up 16 items that needed treating.



It's good - runs nice and small in the background, even on my E6600
Core 2
Duo with 2gb RAM ;-)



I'm kinda worried as to how long some of these things have been on my
system
though, although I've only had this new build installed for just over
a
month, it picked up things in the windows folder on the old hard drive.
who
knows what's been allowed to happen? Scary stuff!

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No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition. 
Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.3/824 - Release Date: 5/29/2007
1:01 PM
 


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