I use Vista HP and have just completed my first full scan using Malwarebytes and Windows Defender has asked me if I wish to Allow a Swiss Army driver from Malwarebytes. Is this an OK driver … has a very strange name?
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AskWoody_MVPJune 5, 2009 at 3:15 am #1163537I use Vista HP and have just completed my first full scan using Malwarebytes and Windows Defender has asked me if I wish to Allow a Swiss Army driver from Malwarebytes. Is this an OK driver … has a very strange name?
RonThat’s the MalwareBytes driver name. Perhaps they should have called it MalwareBytesDriver.sys. But they didn’t.
Why is the resident scanner module of Spybot – Search and Destroy called TeaTimer?
Both products of designer whimsy…BATcher
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AskWoody LoungerJune 5, 2009 at 5:01 am #1163544That’s the MalwareBytes driver name. Perhaps they should have called it MalwareBytesDriver.sys. But they didn’t.
Why is the resident scanner module of Spybot – Search and Destroy called TeaTimer?
Both products of designer whimsy…Thanks for advice … maybe they should have called it Swiss Army Knife for it cuts out what you don’t want!
Ron
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