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Microsoft AntiSpyware Vs. Norton Anti-Virus - User Loses
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Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
Well, that’s why Microsoft’s AntiSpyware is still beta right? However, rather than the program, it seems related to the latest definitions file (5805, 5807. I’ve seen my AV list a false positive before if a file was erroneously detected because of a definitions file mistake (or heuristics).
In this case, Norton Antivirus files are detected as PWS.Bancos.A (password stealer). There are several threads about this in Microsoft’s discussion groups (here’s one).
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