CA Yahoo! Anti-Spy

[thew@$$@lln@tor]

Hi,

I have recently installed the Yahoo! Toolbar and discoved a Anti-Spy thingy. I installed that and want to know if anyone else uses it or has had problems in the past.

[Adapa]

-> Help

[thew@$$@lln@tor]

oh ok thanks

[Scrufuss]

(9th January 2010 12:08)thew@$$@lln@tor Wrote:  Hi,

I have recently installed the Yahoo! Toolbar and discoved a Anti-Spy thingy. I installed that and want to know if anyone else uses it or has had problems in the past.

Just an idea here; next time - ask first for help before you install it... Life may be easier that way.

[Adapa]

1. He isn't asking for help he's simply asking whether anyone else uses it. [My bad, I should really have moved this to General Discussion rather than Help.)

2. How would anyone know they're going to need help before they had a problem? [You don't need to answer that--it's rhetorical.]

[billy423uk]

i used to use it but now i don't use any of the search engine toolbars. i find it much better just using the firefox browser. same with all the messenger programes. they just got too much.

[kentucky-kid]

It originated from CA Antivirus. It acts just like McAfee Anti Virus which has a McAfee Site Advisor toolbar.

[thew@$$@lln@tor]

(9th January 2010 14:00)kentucky-kid Wrote:  It originated from CA Antivirus. It acts just like McAfee Anti Virus which has a McAfee Site Advisor toolbar.

Ok I never used McAfee but It found 86 problems on the first scan and I scan my computer daily with Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast Home Edition and Spybot. Was the results wrong or that the other Anti-Virus's didn't pick them up.

[kentucky-kid]

(9th January 2010 14:21)thew@$$@lln@tor Wrote:  

(9th January 2010 14:00)kentucky-kid Wrote:  It originated from CA Antivirus. It acts just like McAfee Anti Virus which has a McAfee Site Advisor toolbar.

Ok I never used McAfee but It found 86 problems

I assume you're referring to McAfee? I personally don't & will never reply on McAfee. I only trust Kaspersky, Nod32 & Avast. Those toolbars like the one we talk about earlier only block websites which are known to be dangerous.

For such programs, i use Firefox Addon WOT(Web Of Trust)

[thew@$$@lln@tor]

(9th January 2010 15:13)kentucky-kid Wrote:  

(9th January 2010 14:21)thew@$$@lln@tor Wrote:  

(9th January 2010 14:00)kentucky-kid Wrote:  It originated from CA Antivirus. It acts just like McAfee Anti Virus which has a McAfee Site Advisor toolbar.

Ok I never used McAfee but It found 86 problems

I assume you're referring to McAfee? I personally don't & will never reply on McAfee. I only trust Kaspersky, Nod32 & Avast. Those toolbars like the one we talk about earlier only block websites which are known to be dangerous.

For such programs, i use Firefox Addon WOT(Web Of Trust)

When i said it found 86 problems i was referring to CA Yahoo Anti-Virus and as I said never used Mcafee.