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    Default Run as Admin doesn't find Adware

    When we are logged in on Windows 7 as a domain admin (therefore local admin rights) and run Spybot as Administrator, a scan of one of our machines comes up clean. If we instead log in as a local user (who also has local admin rights), it finds a bunch of Adware. We're wondering if we need to log in a each user of a machine to find all the malware present, or if there is a way to have Spybot look through all profiles on the machine?

    TIA!

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    Hello sgonzalez,

    Quote Originally Posted by sgonzalez View Post
    When we are logged in on Windows 7 as a domain admin (therefore local admin rights) and run Spybot as Administrator, a scan of one of our machines comes up clean. If we instead log in as a local user (who also has local admin rights), it finds a bunch of Adware. We're wondering if we need to log in a each user of a machine to find all the malware present, or if there is a way to have Spybot look through all profiles on the machine?

    TIA!
    To clarify please, you elevated Spybot's permissions? How can I get administrator rights under Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8?

    Which version of Spybot do you have: http://www.safer-networking.org/shop/

    Also, how many user accounts are on the machine. Is this a personal computer, or a machine in the workplace?

    Best regards.
    Last edited by tashi; 2015-03-26 at 05:12. Reason: Added
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