Microsoft Anti-spyware identifies ed2k/emule as spyware
#1
Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:01 PM
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.
Also it misses out on some cookies and other stuff that Ad-aware usually picks up, but non-essential stuff.
#2
Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:10 PM
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Surely their owners are paying M$ to be missed
#3
Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:13 PM
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.
#4
Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:34 PM
#5
Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:36 PM
alf, on Jan 6 2005, 04:13 PM, said:
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.
#6
Posted 06 January 2005 - 06:02 PM
#7
Posted 06 January 2005 - 09:31 PM
http://forum.emule-p...topic=68411&hl=
Emule's got at least one user who is on the ball
#8
Posted 07 January 2005 - 01:46 AM
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
#10
Posted 07 January 2005 - 11:48 AM
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#11
Posted 07 January 2005 - 11:52 AM
SlugFiller, on Jan 7 2005, 12:48 PM, said:
He! Then even the Window$ Explorer is spyware
#12
Posted 11 January 2005 - 01:11 PM
SlugFiller, on Jan 7 2005, 11:48 AM, said:
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Unresolved bugs in MorphXT (as of v8.13): Sorting search results by "Known" column, Sorting "Files" page by "Transferred Data" column
#13
Posted 11 January 2005 - 03:41 PM
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This makes ***really*** sense , sadly.
#14
Posted 11 January 2005 - 08:10 PM
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
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#15
Posted 12 January 2005 - 07:02 PM
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
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Posted 13 January 2005 - 11:42 PM
#18
Posted 14 January 2005 - 06:40 PM
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Perhaps he meant the references in registry all along? And not the actual .exe