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    Question After Installing SP2
    « on: September 26, 2006, 09:09:14 AM »
    I'm on Windoes XP Pro, and finally installed SP2 a few days ago, and noticed  after that when I run AdAware, Ewido, and Super Anti-Spyware they dont find ANY spyware at all, before when I ran these programs there would always be at least 4-5 of general spyware, even with my firewall, ect, Ewido in particular would always find about 10 items, now nothing, is it possible when I installed SP2 it messed with these programs and I would have to reinstall them? I did notice after installing SP2 that a few programs were messed up and had to be reinstalled, like Microsoft Office, think that might have happened here? I understand SP2 protects against Spyware better, but it seems odd to me they would find NOTHING every time I run them, any thoughts?

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    Re: Question After Installing SP2
    « Reply #1 on: September 26, 2006, 09:36:40 AM »
    Did you check to see if the programs were properly configured?

    fullbug

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      Re: Question After Installing SP2
      « Reply #2 on: September 26, 2006, 10:02:05 AM »
      Configured in what sense? These programs pretty much run themselves....

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      Re: Question After Installing SP2
      « Reply #3 on: September 26, 2006, 12:00:22 PM »
      As in are they doing a full scan, are all the folders tagged, etc..

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        Re: Question After Installing SP2
        « Reply #4 on: September 26, 2006, 12:16:37 PM »
        Yeah, I always run them in full scan mode, takes a long time but I'm kinda paranoid about spyware and stuff on my computers...

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        Re: Question After Installing SP2
        « Reply #5 on: September 26, 2006, 07:40:11 PM »
        If you are running scans regularly and they are not turning up anything wrong and you are worried chances are you are paranoid...
        " Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "

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          Re: Question After Installing SP2
          « Reply #6 on: September 26, 2006, 08:12:46 PM »

          Maybe your right, I still think its strange how I went from 5-10 infections every scan to zero though...

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          Re: Question After Installing SP2
          « Reply #7 on: September 26, 2006, 08:58:05 PM »
          fullbug, keep in mind that the major benefit of SP2 is better security.  To quote Top 10 Reasons to Deploy Windows XP Service Pack 2: "Windows XP SP2 is, first and foremost, about helping you stay secure."  In other words, you should expect to see less frequent finding of adware/spyware when you run your adware/spyware programs.

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            Re: Question After Installing SP2
            « Reply #8 on: September 26, 2006, 09:19:49 PM »
            Thanx for the info, I guess I was worried over nothing.... ;D

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            Re: Question After Installing SP2
            « Reply #9 on: September 27, 2006, 02:34:01 AM »
            You should be worried if you're still using Internet Explorer, though.  :P

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              Re: Question After Installing SP2
              « Reply #10 on: September 27, 2006, 07:45:51 AM »
              No way, I use Avant and Firefox...

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              Re: Question After Installing SP2
              « Reply #11 on: September 27, 2006, 09:40:49 AM »
              Good, good. How about Thunderbird?  ;)

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                Re: Question After Installing SP2
                « Reply #12 on: September 27, 2006, 10:58:31 AM »
                I have never checked out Thunderbird, pretty happy with Avant though, they have a new feature when you can upload your bookmarks from any computer, thats a feature I havent seen anywhere else yet....

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                Re: Question After Installing SP2
                « Reply #13 on: September 27, 2006, 11:08:56 AM »
                Thunderbird is an E-mail client, though. Isn't Avant a browser?

                I like Evolution as well, which is a free Linux (Ubuntu) E-mail client.

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                  Re: Question After Installing SP2
                  « Reply #14 on: September 27, 2006, 01:40:58 PM »
                  Yeah, Avant is a browser, I thought thats what you were talking about, are you saying using something like Yahoo E-mail can cause problems?