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MS AntiSpyware says a lot of processess are spyware. Is this true?

I've run Microsoft AntiSpyware a couple of times and it shows lots of processess I've always thought were safe to be "a known spyware free process that uses autostart properties to run." Processess like fast.exe, InCD (Nero) and some others I have deleted...

Now, should I trust MS AntiSpyware? You know, it' a beta version... (Beta1). In other words, can I safely remove files/processes this software indicates as spyware?

Thanks,

Lincoln

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mugman21

like greynight was saying, you need to be very careful deleting things it detects. I use BearShare sometimes, killed all the spyware that came with it, but since it comes with spyware the actual app was listed as spyware.

The things it finds, if your not familuar with the file name, usually putting the full filename threw google will tell you what the file is and more than likely where you got it from.

Mugman

Rich Rumble

I recommend Ad-Aware as well from lavasoft... M$ seems to be playing favorites these days, as I've seen it also detect FireFox as spyware, and the install was very new... I think they may actually be targeting legit programs, and or there are many FP's right now. Giant's spyware was very good before M$ bought them...
http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/128906.html
http://www.ignition-project.com/node/376 (they are one to talk... see the screen shot and description)
-rich