Spybot

ALZAMAC · 12-27-2005, 04:43 AM

Hey folks,
i use zone alarm security suite on my system and have it set to automatically check for spyware every 24hrs. but i have recently installed spybot search and destroy and it has already found more than 30 spy/ad ware instances which is not being picked up by zone alarm...........

is this because they are being picked up from web sites that my zone alarm thinks are ok and therefore refuses to detect them????

and is it ok to let spybot delete them?

Thanks.

bry623 · 12-27-2005, 09:07 AM

More than likely they are tracking cookies from the websites. I have never had a problem with Spybot S&D and would tell you that it is OK to delete anything it finds. If you would like an analyst's help you can go to the Hijack This section and follow the stickys.

12-27-2005, 04:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
ALZAMAC Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 8 OS: XP PRO	Spybot Hey folks, i use zone alarm security suite on my system and have it set to automatically check for spyware every 24hrs. but i have recently installed spybot search and destroy and it has already found more than 30 spy/ad ware instances which is not being picked up by zone alarm........... is this because they are being picked up from web sites that my zone alarm thinks are ok and therefore refuses to detect them???? and is it ok to let spybot delete them? Thanks.

12-27-2005, 09:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	More than likely they are tracking cookies from the websites. I have never had a problem with Spybot S&D and would tell you that it is OK to delete anything it finds. If you would like an analyst's help you can go to the Hijack This section and follow the stickys. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"