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   programmer-in-training
   Member

   I have a malware scanner that detected the Magic Forest screensaver as aggressive adware.

   http://www.emsisoft.com/en/malware/?Trace.Registry.Magic%20Forest%203D%20Screensaver

   HTH

   Posted 16 years ago #
2. 

   goodgotd
   Member

   that's astro gemini for you. I use regshot to keep track of the small crud I'll want to delete while installing, read and be sure to decline any ancillary installs, then use revo uninstaller to scrub the 'screensaver manager' off the system.

   I thought everyone knew about that.

   Posted 16 years ago #
3. 

   programmer-in-training
   Member

   What is regshot? Is it anything like sysinternal's registry monitor?

   Posted 16 years ago #
4. 

   goodgotd
   Member

   not sure. RegShot 1.8.2 (majorgeeks link) is:

   RegShot is a small registry compare utility that allows you to quickly take a snapshot of your registry and then compare it with a second one - done after doing system changes or installing a new software product. The changes report can be produced in text or HTML format and contains a list of all modifications that have taken place between snapshot1 and snapshot2. In addition, you can also specify folders (with sub folders) to be scanned for changes as well.

   so it watches for files added or changed too.

   Posted 16 years ago #
5. 

   programmer-in-training
   Member

   OK, thank you for the link.

   Posted 16 years ago #
6. 

   goodgotd
   Member

   not a problem. far as I know win2k doesn't have system restore like xp's, so I cheat. :)

   made my life a lot easier any number of times. react, adapt, overcome.

   Posted 16 years ago #
7. 

   programmer-in-training
   Member

   It would be nice if GAOTD wouldn't give away things like this... especially since it displays on my site!

   Posted 16 years ago #
8. 

   goodgotd
   Member

   Yeah, but it's not like big names like adobe are going to hand out freebies. It's amazing gaotd gets as many decent offers as they do. ag ssavers at least give them a day to get ahead finding better....

   Posted 16 years ago #
9. 

   programmer-in-training
   Member

   Having nothing is better than giving malware...

   Posted 16 years ago #
10. 

    goodgotd
    Member

    on my scale, astro (yep, I have a different expression) gemini rates only a 'high idiotware'- the stuff a kid considers 'normal' from yahoo (im, mail, toolbar) rates a nastier look. Only my opinion, of course- but it takes more than that class of annoyance to become 'malware'- I save my pejorative adjectives for stuff that can really hurt my data... but then, I know enough to duck obvious threats.

    you want frightening, my stepdaughter ends up using the 'recovery disc' and nuking her system about once a month, and my sister is truly clueless. so I have lovely examples to keep me from wondering how anyone could fall for [insert scam here], while afaik I haven't had a malware problem in years on a 4-6 (4 systems are 24/7/365, extras lit for specific jobs) computer lan.

    aside from a granddaughter installing the aforementioned yahoo crud periodically on he wife's computer, which is sort of a semi-isolated cul-de-sac since she insists on IE to play pogo....

    Posted 16 years ago #

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