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Resolved MBAM finds Relevant Knowledge but MSE does not

Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by MitchellCooley, 2011/04/25.

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    Today my browse was acting funny (locking up, not responding, etc) so I looked at my MSE history and my last scan (April 24, 2011 at 2:00am) showed everything was fine.

    So I updated MBAM and ran a quick scan and low and behold I had Adware and Spyware (relevant knowledge). I checked my installed programs list and it was there alright, installed on April 24. Aparently I downloaded and installed something yesterday, but I don't know what.....nothing else installed yesterday but that.

    Anyway, I updated MSE, did a full scan, and it didn't even blink at Relevant Knowledge.

    I am a little confused. Shouldn't MSE have caught that?

    I think I'll start shopping around for something more agressive while I wait for a reply from people smarter than me.

    Mitch
     
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    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Both programs aim at little bit different angles.
    MSE looks for viruses, MBAM looks for all kind of other malwares.
    That's why it's very important to run MBAM once in a while.
     
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    Thanks Broni, good to know.
     
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    Sure thing :)
     
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