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Originally Posted by Martian
It's not as abnormal as you'd think. The algorithms that antispyware programs and antivirus programs use are very similar; there are even AS programs that use heuristics now, although I don't know if Spybot S&D has crossed that particular bridge yet. The line between various types of malware is getting fuzzier.
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What I find abnormal about it is that if there is virus software running, that the adaware application discovered it BEFORE the virus software did.
I agree that the heuristics are quite similar in some aspects and that there are many places they logicially overlap. I have found many trojans on peoples machines that listed in adaware and virus applications. That makes sense since trojans have been embedded into websoftwares.
Where I find it fishy is that he runs spybot and (insert virus software) doesn't state anything and appears silent based on the post.
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