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  1. August 22nd, 2004, 09:18 AM #1
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    A2 question

    A squared claims in their scan that AdAware, Pest Patrol and some Driver Update software are malwares. Why?
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  2. August 22nd, 2004, 09:56 AM #2
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    When A2 scans it will find the Quarintine/backups made by other software. So you are not infected per se. Delete these Quarintine/backups and scan again. You should come up clean.

    As for the Driver Update, can you be more specific? What is being reported?
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  3. August 22nd, 2004, 01:57 PM #3
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    Leurgy, these are not the quarantined items, these are the original software in my backup directory. I think A2 is in error.
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  4. August 22nd, 2004, 02:06 PM #4
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    Pest Patrol is also posted as giving false positives when adaware is installed so it may be a similar thing going on.
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  6. August 23rd, 2004, 03:38 PM #5
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    The a² personal Trojan scanner is somewhat notorious for false positives. I suggest replacing it with either:

    TrojanHunter
    OR
    TDS-3

    TrojanHunter costs $39 and they give you a 30-day free trial period. They also have a great forum site.

    Others have said that TDS-3 is at least the equal of TrojanHunter but it is best used by experienced pros (not me). TDS-3 also costs $10 more than TrojanHunter.
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