Re: Spyware From Microsoft?
- From: "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:13:23 -0400
Having the Antivirus reading at 10 means that you have
VirusScan installed and operating properly. The Antihacker
reading at 10 means you have a firewall program installed and
operating. Both of those are readings you should expect to see
at all times.
I don't know why you don't have "McAfee WSC Integration" listed
as an installed service. What about Mcdetect.exe? Launch Task
Manager (Start -> Run -> taskmgr.exe) and click on the
Processes tab. Do you see Mcdetect.exe listed?
Just to be on the safe side you might want to run the McAfee
Virtual Technician:
McAfee Security - Virtual Technician
http://www.amiuptodate.com/mvt/
You'll be asked to install an ActiveX component in order to run
the utility. Download and install the ActiveX component and
then click on "Check System". Look for entries in the "Issues
Detected" column.
If you have any further questions with regard to McAfee
products, you might want to visit their support page:
McAfee Technical Support
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/?siteID=1&resolution=800x600
They also have support forums where you can post questions
regarding their products:
McAfee Help Forums
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php
Good luck
Nepatsfan
John Gregory wrote:
> "McAfee WSC Integration" isn't listed but when I went to the
> Control Panel I found what you described if McAfee were in
> control. What's more, the McAfee Security Center window
> shows "Antivirus" and "Antihacker" readings at 10.0 which I
> take to mean everything is OK with McAfee. Right?
>
>
> "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:oOKdnXL3x5WV1MfenZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> This is just my opinion, but I'd let McAfee's Security
>> Center take control from the Windows Security Center.
>>
>> To see if the McAfee Security Center is in charge, check the
>> following:
>>
>> Right click on your Taskbar at the bottom of the screen and
>> select Task Manager from the menu.
>> 1. In Task Manager, look for an entry named Mcdetect.exe.
>> 2. Go to Start -> Run and enter services.msc in the Open
>> box. Click OK.
>> In the right hand pane, look for "McAfee WSC
>> Integration". Make sure Started is displayed in the
>> Status column and Automatic in the Startup Type column.
>> If that's not the case you'll need to right click on it
>> and select Properties from the menu.
>> Make the appropriate changes on the General tab.
>> 3. Go to Start -> Control Panel and double click on Security
>> Center.
>> In the left hand column, click on "Change the way
>> Security Center alerts me".
>> If McAfee's security center is in control you'll see an
>> empty box next to Virus Protection. The box next to
>> Firewall will be empty as well if you're using a firewall
>> program supplied by McAfee or another third party.
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>>
>> John Gregory wrote:
>>> Spybot apparently is the culprit. I was unaware of how it
>>> began treating Windows Security Center. I remember the scan
>>> made a week or two ago. Trusting Spybot, I accepted the
>>> fix. That's when I started getting that System32 folder
>>> popping up at startup.
>>>
>>>
>>> Am I better served with Windows Security Center activated
>>> or turned off and McAfee handling the tasks? If McAfee
>>> should handle, how do I give control back to that program?
>>> The fact that my McAfee window tells me the antivirus
>>> protection is running is a possible indicator that
>>> whatever needs to be turned on is, in fact, turned on.
>>> Right? "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:memdnQnI_KtrjsXeRVn-pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> John Gregory wrote:
>>>>> I've been using Windows XP for about two years. In the
>>>>> past few days, I've begun getting an occasional window
>>>>> after startup labeled "System32". Inside are numerous
>>>>> folders and files. They've never been touched by me; I
>>>>> simply close the window and move on.
>>>>> Today I ran Spybot. It returned two items in registries;
>>>>> both identified as being something from Microsoft.
>>>>>
>>>>> The first is:
>>>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SecurityCenter\AntiVirusDisableNotify!=dword:0
>>>>>
>>>>> The second is the same through "SecurityCenter" then:
>>>>> \FirewallDisableNotify!=dword:0
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't mark Spyboth to fix the "problem" it sees.
>>>>> Should I? If not, why would this be showing up just now
>>>>> after all this time. It may not be relayed to that
>>>>> "System32" window that popped up by it sure is a
>>>>> coincidence.
>>>>
>>>> They're probably unrelated issues. That said, it wouldn't
>>>> hurt to run a scan with your antivirus program. Make sure
>>>> it's been updated.
>>>>
>>>> When was the last time you ran Spybot? Over a month ago
>>>> the makers of Spybot S & D decided to include a feature
>>>> which would report if alerts that are generated by the
>>>> Windows Security Center have been disabled. A number of
>>>> antivirus programs (McAfee, Norton, etc.) disable the
>>>> antivirus alert during installation. Unfortunately, some
>>>> spyware does this as well so an up-to-date version of
>>>> Spybot will report this behavior. If you want to test
>>>> this, do the following: run Spybot and
>>>> have it fix those two problems. Now restart your computer.
>>>> At some point during the startup process you may receive a
>>>> message from your AV program asking if you want it to stop
>>>> Windows Security center from monitoring your AV
>>>> protection. Answer yes. Run Spybot and you're going to
>>>> see those errors showing up again. If you right click on
>>>> the errors in Spybot you can choose to exclude them from
>>>> future scans. From the Spybot web site:
>>>>
>>>> Why does Spybot-S&D flag changes in the Windows Security
>>>> Center?
>>>> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/46.html
>>>>
>>>> Here are a few threads from the Spybot forum which
>>>> discuss this issue:
>>>>
>>>> Antivirus Is Off Alert, after the latest defs update
>>>> http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=32300
>>>>
>>>> Spybot Search And Destroy 1.4, Possible Problem or false
>>>> positive
>>>> http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=32260
>>>>
>>>> Security Risks, Is this a false positive?
>>>> http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=32257
>>>>
>>>> As for the System32 folder opening, take a look at this
>>>> article:
>>>>
>>>> System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows XP
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q170086/
>>>>
>>>> Good luck
>>>>
>>>> Nepatsfan
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