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From: "Rich"
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Yep but this just keeps the lazy folks away. If you let malware run =
as root or administrator it can win.
Rich
"Glenn Meadows" wrote in message =
news:421a4317{at}w3.nls.net...
But you can reject the registry entry, which probably is part of the =
auto=20
start the next time you boot your computer, and it does alert you that =
something IS going on. (As the MS AntiSpyware will do as well). I've =
not=20
downloaded the beta of that program yet, so I have no experience with =
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it.
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Glenn M.
"Rich" wrote in message news:421a412e{at}w3.nls.net...
Microsoft AntiSpyware does the same. The problem is that this can =
be too=20
late as the malware is already running on your machine.
Rich
"Glenn Meadows" wrote in message=20
news:421a3ec7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
Consider running SpyBot S&D "Teatimer" resident registry track=20
program...it
will popup anytime anything attempts to make a registry entry, and =
allow=20
you
to accept the registry change or not. It can also log the change =
for you,
so you know exactly what keys were added or changed by the changing=20
program.
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Yep but
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away. If you let malware run as root or administrator it can=20
win.
Rich
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