[Elecraft] Fw: Latest updater reported as Spyware

[Van W1WCG]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Van Cleef" <vancleef at snet.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 4:12 PM
Subject: Latest updater reported as Spyware


> Hi Dave,
> 
> I had the same kind of problem, and I run Spy Sweeper version 4.7 with
> automatic database updates.  It reported that the installer was trying to
> add software infected with the "give4free" adware.  I allowed the install
> to proceed anyway, and then had Windoz XP blue-screen on me during
> the DSP1 firmware upload, rendering the K3 unusable.  Talk about panic!
> After some back & forths with Gary, I remembered that I had plugged the
> USB adapter into my Belkin USB hub, and that arrangement does not
> always work out well, so I moved the USB connection to a port on the
> front of the PC.  After that I was able to upload firmware without any
> trouble, and have decided that the warning from Spy Sweeper is bogus
> and had no bearing on my other troubles.
> 
> I now think there's just something about the byte sequence in the new
> updater that fools Spy Sweeper into thinking it's that adware.  It's an 
> annoyance I
> can live with for now....
> 
> 73, Van W1WCG
>