- Spyware from MS Spyware Beta ABCScrabble?
- Posted by needin4mation@gmail.com on September 26th, 2005
I got a message today from the MS Spyware Beta that said:
ABCScrabble was a software bundler. It was in "camstudio.exe." I
believe camstudio was a free desktop screen recorder (or PC actions,
mouse moves, etc.). It has been on my computer for a long time.
Microsoft's Spyware Beta Detector has not said anything until now. I
can't find anything about an ABCScrabble. Should I worry about this?
- Posted by Alias on September 26th, 2005
What you should worry about is why you installed a Beta program in the first
place. ABCScrabble is a game you must have downloaded from the net.
See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
Alias
<needin4mation@gmail.com> wrote
>I got a message today from the MS Spyware Beta that said:
>
> ABCScrabble was a software bundler. It was in "camstudio.exe." I
> believe camstudio was a free desktop screen recorder (or PC actions,
> mouse moves, etc.). It has been on my computer for a long time.
> Microsoft's Spyware Beta Detector has not said anything until now. I
> can't find anything about an ABCScrabble. Should I worry about this?
>
- Posted by Yves Leclerc on September 26th, 2005
It is in a category that monitors the actions done on your PC. This is a
spyware category! They may have just added this definition to the detection.
If you did install it, you can set it to be ignored.
<needin4mation@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I got a message today from the MS Spyware Beta that said:
>
> ABCScrabble was a software bundler. It was in "camstudio.exe." I
> believe camstudio was a free desktop screen recorder (or PC actions,
> mouse moves, etc.). It has been on my computer for a long time.
> Microsoft's Spyware Beta Detector has not said anything until now. I
> can't find anything about an ABCScrabble. Should I worry about this?
>
- Posted by needin4mation@gmail.com on September 26th, 2005
But why would it say ABCScrabble? I've never even heard of ABCScrabble.
- Posted by Alias on September 26th, 2005
<needin4mation@gmail.com> wrote
> But why would it say ABCScrabble? I've never even heard of ABCScrabble.
>
Maybe someone else who had access to your computer downloaded and installed
it. Have you looked Add/Remove Programs?
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- Posted by needin4mation@gmail.com on September 26th, 2005
It reports that camstudio.exe has ABCScrabble bundled with it. No.
ABCScrabble it is not installed.
