----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Van Cleef" <
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To: <
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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 4:12 PM
Subject: Latest updater reported as Spyware
> Hi Dave,
>
> I had the same kind of problem, and I run Spy Sweeper version 4.7 with
> automatic database updates. It reported that the installer was trying to
> add software infected with the "give4free" adware. I allowed the install
> to proceed anyway, and then had Windoz XP blue-screen on me during
> the DSP1 firmware upload, rendering the K3 unusable. Talk about panic!
> After some back & forths with Gary, I remembered that I had plugged the
> USB adapter into my Belkin USB hub, and that arrangement does not
> always work out well, so I moved the USB connection to a port on the
> front of the PC. After that I was able to upload firmware without any
> trouble, and have decided that the warning from Spy Sweeper is bogus
> and had no bearing on my other troubles.
>
> I now think there's just something about the byte sequence in the new
> updater that fools Spy Sweeper into thinking it's that adware. It's an
> annoyance I
> can live with for now....
>
> 73, Van W1WCG
>
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