Trend Micro Officescan 8.x UNINSTALLS SPYBOT!!!
I can't believe there's NADA about this out there. I have no idea where to post this, so here it is:
Our organization has been updated with the latest Trend Micro OfficeScan client/server and when we uninstall the older TM, all is well, but as soon as we install the newer TM OS version, it UNINSTALLS SPYBOT WITHOUT WARNING. I *only* noticed this after watching the installer very carefully after wondering why my Spybot installs were going MIA and discovered a quick flash of a screen in the TM installer right before it does its pre-install scan, which says it's uninstalling SSD.
WHAT GIVES?! Can we get some news on this issue? TM is mum and I see nothing here or elsewhere. The best I get is somebody's "Cons:" mention on a download.com or similar downloads page.
Who knows what's goign on and WHY???
If this is prevented in v1.5, I'd like to know. If not, I'd still like to know what's going on...and no one is saying anythign about it???
No one has a clue, not even PepiMK???
Someone MOVED this message, but apparently prefers to continue the silence.
Does SS&D CONFLICT with TM?
Does TM CONFLICTwith SS&D?
Does TM think that SS&D is an AFFLICTION?
If I install SS&D v1.5.x+ will IT UNINSTALL TM?!?!
Am I simply caught in some nonsensical "turf war" between SS&D and TM?!?!
ANYONE?!?!
This is nuts! Not even a clue?!
Trend Micro/ Spybot conflict
Dear Admin:
You're NOT crazy. I have found that there is a conflict between TM Officescan 8 and the new version of Spybot, 1.5. I'm not sure what you mean about Officescan uninstalling Spybot, but on my machine what happens is that each time TM does a scheduled scan, it reverses the changes that SB made to my hosts directory, and identifies those changes as having been made by an adware called memwatcher. It seems unable to distinguish between Spybot having put those bad sites in the forbidden zone, and an adware having opened up the computer to those bad sites. It's really annoying. I can have my spybot protections for a week, but each time the scheduled TM scan comes around, it undoes whatever protections spybot gave to my hosts directory.
Like you, I have found exactly NADA about this. I called up the IT people here to alert them to the problem, and their advice was to uninstall TM Officescan and then reinstall. I have not tried this yet, because I just haven't had time, and I'm not certain it will work. If you go ahead and try that method, could you please let us know if it works?
I am so glad to find SOMEbody else who has noticed this TM/SB problem.:laugh: