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Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta detects ATL.DLL as spyware?

January 06, 2005 Comment on this post [2] Posted in Programming | Tools
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Looks like someone got their MD5's in a twist. Be careful with the new Beta. The screenshot below shows the new Microsoft Spyware Tool detecting Microsoft's own ATL.DLL from my SnapStream BeyondTV installation as being evil Spyware from another company. That's not good! I changed the recommended action to IGNORE for safety.

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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January 07, 2005 19:06
Thank you for changing your photo on the left...it's about time that thing changed. :)
Mr. Dude
January 09, 2005 17:23
Scott,

intresting. i did not complain about atl.ll versions on my machine. hm. strange.

WM_FYI
thomas woelfer
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