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Old 10-05-2005, 13:04   #1
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Exclamation List of "Anti Spyware" tools to be avoided

A good compliment to Stu's sticky here:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=6152

Obviously, if you're in the market for an anti-spyware tool, you don't need to look further than Stuarts thread, however...

For those that like to tamper and test ( who know who you are ), here is a great guide to the ones you should avoid:

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
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Re: List of "Anti Spyware" tools to be avoided

I'd rep you but I need to spread it -*cue the rep tarts*

Good post.
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Re: List of "Anti Spyware" tools to be avoided

Notice how there a lot of imitators there? Trying to confuse people. There's even a Spyware Blaster, which they state is not to be confused with javacool's SpywareBlaster.
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Re: List of "Anti Spyware" tools to be avoided

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Notice how there a lot of imitators there? Trying to confuse people. There's even a Spyware Blaster, which they state is not to be confused with javacool's SpywareBlaster.
Exactly, I was aware that there were a lot of copy-cat bits of software out there and some down right useless ones, but when I stumbled on this page I hadn't appreciated the true extent.

Ta, All, for the reppage
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Notice how there a lot of imitators there? Trying to confuse people. There's even a Spyware Blaster, which they state is not to be confused with javacool's SpywareBlaster.

a lad at work got caught by that one , cost him $20 or $30 , cant remember , he was looking for the free one
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Re: List of "Anti Spyware" tools to be avoided

any chance of this one merging with stuart's sticky or getting a sticky itself ? (merge preferably)

plus, an excuse to use my smiley
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Re: List of "Anti Spyware" tools to be avoided

If you're in any doubt as to whether you've got a suspect anti spyware program installed on your system, then there's a little (freebie) program you can run that will identify it and (in some cases) remove it from your system. The program is called Rouge Remover and it's available at:

http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php

The problem is that there are quite a few "anti spyware" programs on the net that claim to do the business by identifying and getting rid of malware. Unfortunately these companies use "false positives" to trick the user into buying their products which (in the long run) turn out to be as much use as a chocolate teapot.

In addition, the program will (also) identify a lot of other (potentially) useless (system hogging) stuff as well. give it a go, you've nowt to lose!

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