Re: Panda or Norton?
- From: Art <null@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 20:40:23 GMT
On Tue, 30 May 2006 10:22:02 -0700, "Sasha Gottfried"
<sashago@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I have Norton 2006 installed in my new HP 1430n. It seems to do a decent
job. But when I run Panda's active-scan it comes up with 27 Spywares and 2
hacking tools that Norton does not pick up. I also run ADWARE SE and SPYBOT
regularly and just prior to running the Panda on-line scan.
My question is: Are these problems that Panda finds false positives? Are
they just marketing ploys? Or, are they real malware issues that need to be
repaired?
I've attached the Panda report and would appreciate any analysis or opinions
on this matter.
When you discount the ridiculuous alerts on harmless cookies, you are
left with only four. Of those, two appear to be alerts on commercial
software which can most likely be ignored. That leaves one alleged
spyware and one alleged adware (the last two in the list). Does Panda
elsewhere show you where it finds these items so they can be pin
pointed and checked out? If not, chalk it up to a waste of your time
and effort.
If you insist on using online malware scans, use a good one. See what
Kaspersky has to say:
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
And run scans for spyware and adware using programs designed
for the purpose. Panda is not one.
Art
http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
.
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