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MSAS not detecting .magnet RJK 02-03-2006
Posted by Jan Il on February 5, 2006, 11:00 am
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LOL. And you did the same

I was being polite.... he called me 'dear'. <vbg>

Jan :)
MS MVP - IE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.


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>I am sorry dear Jan MVP but this group is virus related not Internet
>Explorer
> 6...!
> The home user security groups is for all kind of security for home/home
> office users,not especiallyy for MS Antispyware.
>
> Panda_man
> --
> Prevention is always better than cure !
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> malware
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>
>
> "Jan Il" wrote:
>
>> Hi RJK :-)
>>
>> This newsgroup if for the IE6 Internet browser. For MSAS related
>> questions
>> you should post in the related newsgroup here:
>> microsoft.public.security.homeusers
>>
>> or check the information here for other support:
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jan :)
>> MS MVP - IE [DTS/AumHa]
>> Smiles are meant to be shared,
>> that's why they're so contagious.
>>
>> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
>> readers.
>> How to make a good newsgroup post:
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> > Am using MS Anti-spyware Beta 1, (updated)
>> > When I run Azureous 2.3.0.6 it drops a key called ".magnet" into my
>> > registry. MSAS realtime scanner doesn't detect it.
>> > Computer Associates eTrust internet security suite's Pestpatrol 5's
>> > realtime scanner also didn't detect it but, does detect it as
>> > "Grokster"
>> > if I ran a scan. ...that should be "when" I ran Pestpatrol scans, ...I
>> > completely removed CA eTrust stuff 'cause their server was offline
>> > yesterday, one thing led to another and because the damned eTrust stuff
>> > couldn't synchronize licensing information, it almost crippled my
>> > machine.
>> > My latest opinion on the CA eTrust software can be summarised in one
>> > word
>> > ...CRAP !
>> >
>> > Any comments appreciated.
>> >
>> > Comments such as "Don't run Azureous" ...not funny ! :-)
>> >
>> > regards, Richard
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>



Posted by PA Bear on February 3, 2006, 11:08 pm
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Microsoft has established separate newsgroups for the Microsoft Windows
AntiSpyware Beta. Please post your query to:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.private.security.spyware.general

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RJK wrote:
> Am using MS Anti-spyware Beta 1, (updated)
> When I run Azureous 2.3.0.6 it drops a key called ".magnet" into my
> registry. MSAS realtime scanner doesn't detect it.
> Computer Associates eTrust internet security suite's Pestpatrol 5's
> realtime
> scanner also didn't detect it but, does detect it as "Grokster" if I ran a
> scan. ...that should be "when" I ran Pestpatrol scans, ...I completely
> removed CA eTrust stuff 'cause their server was offline yesterday, one
> thing
> led to another and because the damned eTrust stuff couldn't synchronize
> licensing information, it almost crippled my machine. My latest opinion
> on
> the CA eTrust software can be summarised in one word ...CRAP !
>
> Any comments appreciated.
>
> Comments such as "Don't run Azureous" ...not funny ! :-)
>
> regards, Richard


Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on February 4, 2006, 2:00 pm
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As MS Antispyware is still Beta ,it might be false positive.

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"RJK" wrote:

> Am using MS Anti-spyware Beta 1, (updated)
> When I run Azureous 2.3.0.6 it drops a key called ".magnet" into my
> registry. MSAS realtime scanner doesn't detect it.
> Computer Associates eTrust internet security suite's Pestpatrol 5's realtime
> scanner also didn't detect it but, does detect it as "Grokster" if I ran a
> scan. ...that should be "when" I ran Pestpatrol scans, ...I completely
> removed CA eTrust stuff 'cause their server was offline yesterday, one thing
> led to another and because the damned eTrust stuff couldn't synchronize
> licensing information, it almost crippled my machine. My latest opinion on
> the CA eTrust software can be summarised in one word ...CRAP !
>
> Any comments appreciated.
>
> Comments such as "Don't run Azureous" ...not funny ! :-)
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
>
>

Posted by RJK on February 5, 2006, 4:50 pm
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...I've posted to these two NG's in case anyone stumbles across my moan
about magnet on this thread and won't spot this post if I only post to
microsoft.public.security.virus if u c wot i mean !

...I've since looked into the Grokster / .magnet registry key in more
detail, and it appears to be a normal (non-malware) function of the Azureus
torrent P2P application :-) <VBG>
...it was CA eTrust anti-spyware program that was highlighting it. It seems
that the CA anti-spyware module considers all P2P applications to be malware
!
...and since the CA server collapsed, the day before yesterday I think it
was, and my 30 day trial of CA internet security suite came to a grinding
halt becuase I had to uninstall / clean up after it / reinstall - which it
wouldn't do properly because it couldn't synchronize the myriad "licensing
synchronization" funtions littered throughout the suite, I DUMPED IT FOR
GOOD !!! ...so thanx CA, ....5 days into your product evaluation I threw it
away because it causes so many problems when your server is down.

regards, Richard


> Am using MS Anti-spyware Beta 1, (updated)
> When I run Azureous 2.3.0.6 it drops a key called ".magnet" into my
> registry. MSAS realtime scanner doesn't detect it.
> Computer Associates eTrust internet security suite's Pestpatrol 5's
> realtime scanner also didn't detect it but, does detect it as "Grokster"
> if I ran a scan. ...that should be "when" I ran Pestpatrol scans, ...I
> completely removed CA eTrust stuff 'cause their server was offline
> yesterday, one thing led to another and because the damned eTrust stuff
> couldn't synchronize licensing information, it almost crippled my machine.
> My latest opinion on the CA eTrust software can be summarised in one word
> ...CRAP !
>
> Any comments appreciated.
>
> Comments such as "Don't run Azureous" ...not funny ! :-)
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
>



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