Well if you are behind a hardware firewall and only surf those few trusted sites, then it is quite probable that there has been nothing for TM to block.

Try running several different apps, not just one as recommended by download.com, microsoft.com, and the like.  Also rin the app more than just one time to ensure you rid / purge your machine.  I would be concerned too if I always ended up with a big fat 0 on every app removal process.

 

Good luck!

Christine,

 

different anti-malware programs use different databases... which is why we strongly recommend that everyone run at least two on-demand anti-malware scanners...

 

as for Wild Tangent, there's a bit of controversy here:

WildTangent asserts that the software bundle is safe, but many antispyware programs classify it as adware/spyware, mainly because it reports activity and games played to WildTangent servers, such as: number of times played, length of time played... and machine specifications, such as OS version, processor speed, RAM, and DirectX version in order to more finely tune games and services to casual gamers.

WildTangent is preinstalled on Toshiba, Dell, Gateway, Compaq, and HP computers.

see here:   http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2005/11/wild_tangent_sc.html , and ChrisM's comments in message 3 here:  http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_virus&message.id=46845

it's entirely possible that, upon removing WildTangent, you may find that some of the DELL-installed games on your system may no longer run.   If you don't play any of those games, there's no loss in removing WildTangent... but if you DO play/want those games, and now determine they no longer function, you might have to reinstate the WildTangent entries that SpyBot removed.

 

That was just the Security Activity Report.  Later I ran a scan. 

 

The Trend Micro scan only came back with 7 cookies.  Then I ran Spybot S&D it found  37 Wild Tangent and no cookies (probably because I had just cleaned them).  It wasn't able to fix 11 of them so I ran it again in Safe Mode and it fixed the rest.

 

Shouldn't the Trend Micro have found the Wild Tangent?

 

Christine

Dimension E520 Desktop
MS Media Center Edition 2005 - Current
Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6300
2GB dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM
Integrated Audio - SigmaTel High Def
Video - NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
320GB HD
D: is Philips DVD-Rom DROM6316
E: is NEC DVD+-RW ND-3650A
Monitor is E207WFP

Inspiron 6000
Win XP sp2 - Current
Intel Pentium M 730 (1.6ghz/2MB)
Accelerator 900 Graphics
80GB HD
Phillips DVD+-RW SDVD8820
Intel PRO/wireless 2200

Inspiron 1501
Win XP MCE
2gb AMD Turion 64
1GB DDR2 533MHz 2 Dimm
Phillips DVD+-RW SDVD8820


Comcast Cable Modem to Alpha Shield firewall to Netgear Router. Wireless to Inspiron 6000 & 1501 and wire to Dim E520.

here is some more detailed information on WildTangent from a post i made about two years ago:

 

I found the same thing with Norton Internet Security - other spyware products would find things that Norton did not and vice versa. I have just installed TM Internet Security Pro and can tell you it is a great improvement over Norton in ease of use and operation. Hopefully the protection is as good or better.

 

If anybody has Norton preinstalled on their Dell PC and needs to upgrade to a newer release due to software problems with Norton, the answer from Nortona and Dell is - BUY A NEW COPY (If you have Norton ver. 10.1 preinstalled on your PC, you need to upgrade to ver. 10.4 to resolve some rather annoying problems - but the only way to do it is BUY a new copy).

 

So, with 11 months remaining on my OEM Norton subscription, I have bought a new copy - of TREND MICRO. I will never buy a Norton product again. It is ridiculous to put software on a PC as an enticement to become a long term subscriber to that service and then deny upgrades. I have bought at least 15 copies (and upgrades) of Norton over the years on multiple PC's and they lose all that customer loyalty over one bonehead policy.