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Re: Who is spying on you?
« Reply #15 on: Monday 05 June 06 23:35 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Falkyrn on Monday 05 June 06 22:42 BST (UK)
Dssagent is not a bogey dreamed up by MS ..... to enhance their own reputation... indeed MS were rather slow on the uptake concerning this particular piece of "spyware".
Of course the company who did initiate this particular peice of programming do not subscribe to the belief that it is spyware but state that it is a means of communicating targetted information to their clients.

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Methinks maybe a little paranoia might be creeping in here.....

Be that as it may many people do not like software of any kind installed on their system without their express consent (you yourself claim not to allow MS updates).
Removal of dssagent can be awkward because when it installs itself it does install into several places in the registry and while some programs do throw up false positives Spybot S & D does not generally do so.



Touche!...Falkyrn Mate Grin....I didn't say that M$ had dreamt up DSSAgent...what I said was they are not averse to using 'the like' to promote their 'Security Products'..... Grin

Has anyone checked their Registry for this diabolical 'DSSAgent' yet??..............I would be amazed if it has been found therein....

Like I said, the original problem with regard the DSSAgent was actually a 'BUG' in Spybot S&D.....

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Re: Who is spying on you?
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 06 June 06 00:03 BST (UK) »
I have AD-Aware, Spybot S&D and Defender installed and all 3 identified DSSAgent as spyware.  Presumably they are all independant companies and they have reached the same conclusion.  Defender is only a recent addition to the anti-spyware market - the other two identified DSSAgent a long time ago but failed to remove it.

Microsoft update their operating system because of demands from commercial software developers.  Programs are dependent on the operating system so MS has no choice but to provide updates meet their demands.  This creates an inter-dependancy of sorts and it means that if you haven't got the right updates then certain features will not work.

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Re: Who is spying on you?
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 07 June 06 20:26 BST (UK) »
Just a quickie to say that when it comes to cleaning up your registry, try registry mechanic. You have to pay for it but it clears unwanted and left over stuff from your registry without you doing any damage. Always worth a try, best money i ever spent!
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« Reply #18 on: Thursday 08 June 06 16:11 BST (UK) »
I thought regedit was free?

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« Reply #19 on: Thursday 08 June 06 21:00 BST (UK) »

'RegSeeker' is also FREE and requires no particular technical skills to use it......the whole programme is self explanatory, plus there is an automatic backup after deletion.........so if you make a boo-boo, just reinstall from the Backup.............been using it forever...


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« Reply #20 on: Thursday 08 June 06 23:17 BST (UK) »
Logically, the backup takes place before the deletion so you can restore from the backup.  That's probably what you meant to say.

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« Reply #21 on: Friday 09 June 06 08:44 BST (UK) »
I think what he means is that you have a backup option after you delete something so if you make a mistake you press backup and all is well again.
I have not tried these free programs as we have always had registry mechanic but i have all the other freeware as i cant be doing with these big programs taking up too much space. Its a shame too as i have all new versions of Mcaffee, norton etc etc. When my yearly subscription runs out for Reg mechanic i may try one of these free ones.
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Re: Who is spying on you?
« Reply #22 on: Friday 09 June 06 20:29 BST (UK) »
Quote from: downside on Thursday 08 June 06 23:17 BST (UK)
Logically, the backup takes place before the deletion so you can restore from the backup.  That's probably what you meant to say.

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