Re: Need recommendations on security

"Ellen" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> "Joe Gill" <joegill@[email protected]> wrote in message 
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>> There are 2 versions running out there (MS Antispyware)...
>> Both have 'Control Panels' ...
>>  V1 you can click on from the system tray
>>  Later version of V2 you can click from the system tray
>>  Earlier version of V2 you have to start the program
>>
>> Rummage around and there all sorts of setting to change....
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>> Curious as to why you want to turn it off?
>>
>> It has been a GREAT tool....
>>
>> In one instance it did cleaned up a bad situation that a combination of 
>> (Norton, Ad*aware, and Spybot) were oblivious too!
>> I install it on all PC I cleanup, touch!
>>
>> By the way, if you are running the product called "Microsoft Antispyware" 
>> which is V1, you may like V2 "Windows Defender" even better....
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> Thanks -- not so much adamant about turning it off exactly as to curious 
> as to where it appeared from and why it was enabled automatically -- and I 
> suppose getting the daily stupid message box that I have to close. The 
> silly thing is that it is running on the one laptop that has no mail app 
> installed and never sightsees the internet while not on my other machines.
>
> Which by some random neural pathways reminds me that my daughter's laptop 
> (not on my lan) has managed to acquire sysprotect and she can't seem to 
> get rid of it. Had her do a deinstall; ran adawre, spybot and hijackthis 
> and nothing interesting showed up. She says she is getting random 
> popups -- I haven't seen it personally cause she can't manage to remember 
> to bring the laptop over. So now I am sort of befuddled. I think it is 
> more of a nuisance thing rather than a menace, but I would like to get rid 
> of it for her without resorting to format drive/start all over again. 
> While she is bascially computer ignorant she has learned to follow 
> directions very well and I was able to talk her thru all of the above and 
> she did produce a hijackthis logfile.
>
> At this point it has been suggested that I poke around the registry which 
> I really do not want to have to do with her over the phone or via email so 
> before I insist that her laptop appear in front of me,  if anyone has any 
> suggestions I am all ears ....
>
> Ellen
>

1) For the 'popup' , no registry change needed, there is an option to run a 
'scan' at a specific time. When that 'pop-up' occurs, there is a check-box, 
something like 'Don't show me this again'.....

2) This proves you are running V1!

3) Since it is in 'beta' status, someone had to take deliberate action to 
download/install it!

4) Very soon, when it 'sees' the internet, you will start getting 'nags' to 
upgrade' to the next beta version.

5) If you don't want it, just unistall from Control Panel!

6) But again... it is a very useful product!

7) Version 2, does not produce a report or nag...

8) I know you said "has managed to acquire sysprotect and she can't seem to 
get  rid of it"....
    Sysprotect is nasty and hard to get rid of it.....
    Yes, Adaware(Free) and Spybot are oblivious to it!
    What did the latest version of Microsoft AntiSpyware(aka Windows 
Defender) find?