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I ran the Pest Patrol trial scan just now and it found 31 registry entries for spyware, including Bonzi Buddy. I run AdAware and SpyBot regularly, and they come up negative almost 100% of the time. Also use SpyWare Blaster. Can't help but question these findings. Is the Pest Patrol trial valid, or are the findings a come on to make you buy the program?

HI:I think Bonzi Buddy is a 100% Spyware
So I agreed with Pest patrol about that
Dude: have you tried the Freeware Spyware:
"Bazooka"
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
it is a Very Good Spyware
Give it a Shot and See what he will tell ya
regards,P

i reccommended this product 6 months ago it kicks butt on spyware...u should get it...as it detects so far 120,000 defs. better than spybot or adaware. enjoy it.
any questions just post

Viruskiller- No doubt the program is fine, but I'm just wondering if the 31 items it claims its finding are in fact on the computer, or are they a come-on to get you to buy in order to clean? I know that both AdAware and SpyBot will find Bonzi Buddy, why don't they report it? I also use Bonanza, and have SpywareBlaster. All are kept up to date and run regularly. With SpywareBlaster installed, AdAware and SpyBot rarely find anything but MRU's.

i used pest patrol and the false positives
were from the definitions installed by
spywareblaster, in the registry.

WWW, I just reran the demo, and I believe you're right. I checked some of the registry entries, and they are all HKLM------\typelib\--- entries. Thanks. My faith in eTrust is restored.

JoHnO,Pestpatrol is a good product,but it has alot of work to do on the false positives.Here is a link to give you a basic idea of the false positives Pestpatrol generates.

Thanks. I only ran Pest Patrol because I got an Email from CA (I'm a long time user of eTrust AV). I won't be buying Pest Patrol though. Like I figured, they're just trying to sucker people in.

JohnO, I agree with your sentiment expressed in the above post. For related reading, here's the press release from CA:
CA Aquires Pest Patrol (August 30, 2004)
i_XpUser

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