At 9/12/2002 01:50 PM, George Stone wrote: >Hotbar.com has an installer that allows extra garbage (pictures, >animations, etc.) in e-mail and has an unwanted side effect of installing >spyware and repeater programs (unsure of exact details at this time) under >Windows. Does anyone know if Nessus can detect such spyware and repeater >programs courtesy of hotbar.com? I'm thinking that a Windows scanner >residing on the host to be scanned would be needed.
Nessus is designed to find vulnerabilities. Spyware, although annoying and intrusive, is not generally considered a vulnerability. The best product for identifying and eliminating spyware seems to be Ad-aware from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com). Michael Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Procinct Security - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
