Spybot detect again Download accelerator plus

[Gringo]

I have the last version of spybot & i use the dap,i use them for a long time, this mornig i scann with the spybot and detect 52 files or entrances. When i delete them , the dap does not work. some suggestion about this problem? Thanx and sorry, I do not speak english.
Here a screencapture

[tashi]

Hello Gringo.

Please open Spybot>Help>About
Let us know the version and latest detection update.
Cheers.

[Gringo]

SpyBot Search & destroy 1.4
Date of Update definition 2005-11-04

[krow5837]

hey.... yeah the same thing is happening with my Spybot and Download Accelerator Plus. After removing the errors of DAP Spybot finds, it stops working.

please advise....

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

Download Accelerator Plus 7.5 has been added to detection in PUPS Category. This means that the overall detection on DAP has been modified. During review we encountered that DAP 7.5 cannot be uninstalled, the user needs to contact speedbit support for uninstallation and can only disable the software. Also it has malicious and/or suspicious advertising partners like funwebproducs, but speedbit denies any responsibility concerning the advertising shown by DAP.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[krow5837]

I have Adaware and websweeper and they don't detect Download Accelerator Plus as adaware or whatever....it's only spybot......why's that? :(

[tashi]

Hi there.
I thought spybotsandra explained it quite well in her post above.

If you do not want Spybot-S&D to check for DAP you can check the box so that it is not included in the scan.

Open Spybot>Mode>Advanced>Ignore products.

See if that helps and let us know if it does not.

[wyrmrider]

For detecting DAP
there are spyware/ webbug/ adware free downloaders
DAP will load at startup and spy even when you are not downloading
Dap is not only spyware in and of itself it exercises NO control over it's "partners" or "affiliates"
you can set to ignore but I would find a safer alternative
Sunbelt CounterSpy just re-added detection for DAP
Aluria and Spyware doctor and Pest Patrol used to target but I have not checked recently
Ad-aware used to have a remover but it's MIA along with their forums
Each woud find 40 or so unique entries on an infected machine
Add remove programs just disables- it does not remove
DAP will try and reinstall. It will try and access the internet even if "removed"
do a manual search: try DAP, Speedbit, etc and find all the zipped ad files
you may find megabytes of Dap CRAP which have been "pushed" to your machine
HJT will not find all of the hidden DLL's but it's a start
do they turn your machine into an "ad-server"???
why else all the big downloads?
good luck

wyrmrider

[mikey]

I have Adaware and websweeper and they don't detect Download Accelerator Plus as adaware or whatever....it's only spybot......why's that? :(

Actually, AdAware targeted DAP for a while in 2001 after Urizen agreed that it indeed had data mining privacy breaches in addition to it's advertising scheme. AdAware stopped targeting it after Speedbit intimidation...a common failing in this comercialized industry. As I recall, they also tried to intimidate Patrick as well.

[wyrmrider]

2001- has it been that long?

Anyway Speedbit did try and intimidate everyone
they also sowed FUD by comparing thier paid version which does not use pop-ups with their free version which does.

That's just a smokescreen
Both versions SPY
Read the EULA very carefully they are allowed to do ANYTHING with your data
"Personally identifiable" does not include your e-mail address or url
gimme a break
your e-mail address is not you?

They claim that you downloaded on purpose so are bound by the EULA and are a "customer"
HOwever you cannot get rid of the "free trial" or free version
It came back on me after a reinstall/ repair of windows after having been hidden for months
It will try and contact the internet even if "uninstalled"
check your firewall logs!
It wll prompt your users to "update" or "repair" even when you think it's gone
DAP CRAP
Yes I know my settings are incorrect- incorrect for DAP

Wyrmrider