Microsoft Safety Scanner

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   Microsoft has a new free scanner.  Not sure if it's worth the trouble, but I downloaded and ran it in Win7 64bit.  I guess any tool can help, at least for a while.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

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Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15272	Quote Reply Topic: Microsoft Safety Scanner Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 6:42pm
	Microsoft has a new free scanner. Not sure if it's worth the trouble, but I downloaded and ran it in Win7 64bit. I guess any tool can help, at least for a while. http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29323	Quote Reply Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 7:16pm
	Oh wow...that's a huge honker (download). It's getting there. I've used MS essentials anti-virus. Worked fine on the desktop. Not so good on the old laptop with Firefox. Not sure why. Anything I'd download, even comic images, would take a half a minute or more to finish closing the download box. Sometimes it would freeze.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29323	Quote Reply Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 8:26pm
	Well....after an hour of scanning...the progress bar was only at about 25-percent. But it's gone to the half-way point after an additional 15 minutes. No installation...I like that. It just runs from the executable. But...being able to choose drives sure would have been nice. I dual boot XP and Win7 and generally don't run scans within one OS on the other one.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15272	Quote Reply Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 8:42pm
	The app is only good for 10 days. You just download and run it again after it expires.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29323	Quote Reply Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 9:13pm
	It just finished. And reported two problems. One on XP and one on Win7 drive. Both related to "power panel" apps...though entirely different ones. I'm clear.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22282	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 5:10am
	I had a few, all java. I know why I put it (java) back on but now that's over I think it's going right back in the trash.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29323	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 5:52am
	Wonder if they (the Java stuff) were legit hits. I've had those and they turned out to be false positives. Same as ones dealing with power options/monitoring.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22282	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 5:53am
	Dunno for sure but regardless I've always felt that java was a huge security hole.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29323	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 5:57am
	I swear Java has updates every few days anymore. I wonder what all I'd be missing without it!

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22282	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 6:00am
	Java and @#%&^ Adobe stuff. Sheesh, seems like they can't get it right.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22282	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 6:10am
	BTW, I think you're right, I think they were false positives. Or maybe just a pawn in the battle between MS and Java. Glad to be rid of them anyway.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29323	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 6:37am
	Adobe stuff. Grrrr. I was browsing cheap (off lease and recertified) laptops last night at Tigerdirect and Amazon. Later I was at other non-tech sites. But...I noticed ad after ad for TD and Amazon for the exact laptops I'd checked out. After a while...I thought, "Give me a break!!". Not that I'm paranoid, but...

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22282	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 6:38am
	I don't hear much about them but I think that flash cookies are a lot more intrusive than regular browser cookies.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22282	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 6:44am
	BTW, AFAIK this is the only way to disable flash cookies (disable "allow third party..." option). Still don't trust it and I'm not all that paranoid.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29323	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 7:02am
	I keep forgetting about that. I just installed again, on Firefox, NoScript, AdBlock and....Better Privacy. NoScript, in particular with my comic sites, can take some configuring, but that's OK. Usually when I'm asked in a survey if I view personalisation of content as a positive thing...I say yes. But that doesn't mean I like to see the same ads at site after site after site. Especially for items I've browsed elsewhere...and rejected! At least give me some new stuff to look at! LOL

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15272	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 7:50am
	The BetterPrivacy add-on is what I've seen recommended to handle the flash cookies.