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Microsoft Anti-spyware identifies ed2k/emule as spyware

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:01 PM

Did a trial run of the new MS anti-spyware beta. Amazingly it identifies emule and ed2k references as spyware.

From the advice section:
Description: eDonkey2000 is a P2P file sharing program that bundles adware/spyware such as Webhancer, Web Search Toolbar and New.Net.

Advice: This software is not necessarily adware. However, it does install other adware programs as well as perform potential hazardous actions on your computer. In either case this software is not to be trusted.
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Also it misses out on some cookies and other stuff that Ad-aware usually picks up, but non-essential stuff.
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Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:10 PM

MS anti-spyware??? It sounds kinda contradiction to me <_<

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Also it misses out on some cookies and other stuff that Ad-aware usually picks up, but non-essential stuff.

Surely their owners are paying M$ to be missed :P
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Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:13 PM

So tell them that eMule != eDonkey2000, both use ed2k links but only one of them is bundled with adware and uses banners.

What else do you want here? Being a beta I think that they might be looking for feedback, not to tell their problems in other fora.
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Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:34 PM

I'm sure MS wants feedback on that sort of thing. If they know of such a mistake, and don't do anything to correct it, it could be very serious for microsoft.
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Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:36 PM

alf, on Jan 6 2005, 04:13 PM, said:

So tell them that eMule != eDonkey2000, both use ed2k links but only one of them is bundled with adware and uses banners.

What else do you want here? Being a beta I think that they might be looking for feedback, not to tell their problems in other fora.
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Oh, grouchy. I'm not dissing MS for the sake of it, just thought it useful to warn others that they might corrupt their install if not careful. Didn't know about edonkey2000, haven't used it.
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Posted 06 January 2005 - 06:02 PM

Well, it's the former Giant AntiSpyware..It should be good, but as with Pest Patrol it might identify those registry entries for ed2k-links as signs of malware.. :+1:
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Posted 06 January 2005 - 09:31 PM

See this thread too -->
http://forum.emule-p...topic=68411&hl=

Emule's got at least one user who is on the ball :)
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Posted 07 January 2005 - 01:46 AM

This is a very good program. Don't start bashing since it's from Microsoft. It is Anti-Spyware from Giant Software with Microsoft logos on it.

It picked the same thing as the first post. So I should not worry since I have eMule and not edonkey2000? edonkey2000 really has that spyware listed?
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Posted 07 January 2005 - 04:30 AM

To my knowledge, eDonkey has optional adware and/or banner ad in program.
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Posted 07 January 2005 - 11:48 AM

Well, while the confusion(read: bug) is understandable, the concept of an MS program marking and open-source one as spyware is just too funny. I wonder what they mean by:

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as well as perform potential hazardous actions on your computer

Why haven't you clicked yet?

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Posted 07 January 2005 - 11:52 AM

SlugFiller, on Jan 7 2005, 12:48 PM, said:

Well, while the confusion(read: bug) is understandable, the concept of an MS program marking and open-source one as spyware is just too funny. I wonder what they mean by:

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as well as perform potential hazardous actions on your computer

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He! Then even the Window$ Explorer is spyware <_<
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Posted 11 January 2005 - 01:11 PM

SlugFiller, on Jan 7 2005, 11:48 AM, said:

I wonder what they mean by:

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as well as perform potential hazardous actions on your computer
Well, perhaps actions that are potentially hazardous to the commercial interests of said company? :angelnot:
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Posted 11 January 2005 - 03:41 PM

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Well, perhaps actions that are potentially hazardous to the commercial interests of said company?

This makes ***really*** sense :(, sadly.
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Posted 11 January 2005 - 08:10 PM

eMule Adware :confused:

I knew
-eMule=Worm (opens many connexions)
-eMule=Trojan (acting as a server)
-eMule= Hijacker (handles ed2k links from the browser/explorer)

This is a new one :lol:

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Posted 12 January 2005 - 07:02 PM

with ms anti-spyware you can report pn what stuff is remove and what to ignore sha1 ed2k and magnet? are found as maby bad items but its default rule is ignore for them types

be warned for x-kazza users (or any that installs rubbish add p2p progs) if you run ms anti-spy you run the risk of it removeing all kazza folders that allso means your shared folder that probly have XXX amount of data in it so it recommend you look at what its going to remove before you click next button (after the scan)
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Posted 13 January 2005 - 11:01 PM

Funny, it didn't report my eMule installation(s) as spyware...
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Posted 13 January 2005 - 11:42 PM

Random User, on Jan 13 2005, 11:01 PM, said:

Funny, it didn't report my eMule installation(s) as spyware...
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b/c it doesn't. only edonkey. not sure what the thread started is thinking :-1:
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Posted 14 January 2005 - 06:40 PM

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emule and ed2k references as spyware

Perhaps he meant the references in registry all along? And not the actual .exe
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