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Pondus
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The Consumer Reports testing scandal: It's far, far worse than we initially thou
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November 10, 2009, 08:08:55 PM »
3 years old but interesting read
Friday, August 25, 2006
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/consumer-reports-testing-scandal-its_25.html
Problems w/ Malware Simulators (and Computer Reports anti-spyware test in particular)
Eric Howes, Director of Malware Research 8/25/2006
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ihs/alex/howes_20writeup_20spycar.pdf
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Re: The Consumer Reports testing scandal: It's far, far worse than we initially
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November 10, 2009, 10:19:21 PM »
Hi Pondus,
Did you test with spycar?
And the results? Webshield immediately protected me...
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Use NoScript, a limited user account and a virtual machine and be safe(r)!
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Re: The Consumer Reports testing scandal: It's far, far worse than we initially thou
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November 10, 2009, 11:09:13 PM »
Have tested several programs
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=46022.0
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