New Windows Anti-Spyware

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 2005-01-09 23:00

Just to let the community know, Ultr@VNC comes out as a threat under the new microsooft antispyware beta.

ipsec · Post by **ipsec** » 2005-01-10 17:34

Bad micro$oft...

Post by **Oliver** » 2005-01-12 12:04

No need to blame MS. They call it: "Potentially Unwanted Software" (PUS), not Spyware. And therefore I would like to point out that VNC (not only UVNC) can be potentially used to spy on the user. A skilled user however will easily recognize whether he wants the respective program on his machine or not! It's not for noobs, though.

ipsec · Post by **ipsec** » 2005-01-13 07:16

There are a lot of Potentially unwanted software that I got by default from M$.. Alexia..

Yes and I understand that there are is potential danger for people using VNC/UVNC...Its highly unlikely it will be abused... over the proper use it was intended for.... I think the Devs are trying their best to keep security under control and ensuring only properly authorized people get the program installed, configured and use it.

Ah but where there is a will, I know there is a way..

japeters1939 · Post by **japeters1939** » 2005-01-23 00:16

But VNC should still work when running MS andi-spyware, right?

Post by **Oliver** » 2005-01-23 00:23

It runs without problems. You can even tell this MS spyware to not treat VNC as "PUS".

The whole thing has been recently discussed on several security lists. Among them Full-Disclosure. Have a look in the archives there.

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New Windows Anti-Spyware

New Windows Anti-Spyware

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