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BrianS
2008-02-25, 20:49
# Operating System = Windows XP Professional sp2
# Browser and Version (Internet Explorer 7, Seamonkey 1.1.8)
# Version of Spybot S&D and Date of the latest update = Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.5.2 (build: 20080128)
Latest Update = Feb 20, 2008
# where did the false positive occur

* Scan result
Fake.SpywareRemover: [SBI $AA8F1FAC] Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AntiSpyware

Registry entry corresponds to CounterSpy

Yodama
2008-02-26, 13:30
Thank you for reporting this false positive in the current beta detections.
We will correct this issue so that it will not appear in the normal detections.