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Title: Fake antispyware programs
Post by: Macintosh on July 23, 2008, 04:59:55 AM
I got some antispyware products from a computer through LAN. Then I ran a product called Bulletproof spyware-adware remover from bulletproof.com It detected a lot of infection in my computer Then I ran another product called NoAdware from NoAdware.net and it detected Bulletproof spyware-adware remover as a spyware Is it really a spyware or both the products spyware
Can you please tell me which of the following are legitimate or illegitimate products?
1.Bulletproof spyware-adware remover
2.Noadware from Noadware.net
3.SpySubtract from intermute
4.PestPatrol Corporate edition :)
Title: Re: Fake antispyware programs
Post by: ardvark on July 23, 2008, 06:01:00 AM
Hi...

Here's a site that can possibly answer your question in more detail....

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Hope this helps... :)

Best Regards....
Title: Re: Fake antispyware programs
Post by: Lisandro on July 23, 2008, 04:54:12 PM
RogueRemover is a utility that can remove various rogue antispyware, antivirus and hard drive cleaning utilities. Rogue applications are applications that rather than remove spyware, provide false positives, distribute malware or spyware, advertise, or provide useless uninstallers. The main point is that rogue applications are useless and eat up system resources.

Check http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php
Title: Re: Fake antispyware programs
Post by: wyrmrider on July 23, 2008, 06:09:39 PM
Pest Patrol is the only one on your list
intermute site is blocked by many block lists

do go to Malware Bytes and run their rogue remover and anti malware

for free anti spyware/ malware programs
general purpose
Spybot Search and Destroy
Super Anti Spy (SAS)

Ad-Aware (mostly anti ad-ware)
A-Squared (trojans)
very few others
watch for false positives on all programs
quarantine do not remove
google any hits
submit to virus total
post back if you find anything
if using IE install SpywareBlaster
Title: Re: Fake antispyware programs
Post by: Macintosh on July 23, 2008, 06:16:54 PM
RogueRemover is a utility that can remove various rogue antispyware, antivirus and hard drive cleaning utilities. Rogue applications are applications that rather than remove spyware, provide false positives, distribute malware or spyware, advertise, or provide useless uninstallers. The main point is that rogue applications are useless and eat up system resources.

Check http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php
Rogue remover didn't find NoAdware as a rogue product :)
Title: Re: Fake antispyware programs
Post by: micky77 on July 23, 2008, 06:22:34 PM
RogueRemover is a utility that can remove various rogue antispyware, antivirus and hard drive cleaning utilities. Rogue applications are applications that rather than remove spyware, provide false positives, distribute malware or spyware, advertise, or provide useless uninstallers. The main point is that rogue applications are useless and eat up system resources.

Check http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php
Rogue remover didn't find NoAdware as a rogue product :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoAdware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoAdware)
Spysubtract I think is now Trend Micro Antispyware
Title: Re: Fake antispyware programs
Post by: wyrmrider on July 24, 2008, 06:01:26 PM
no adware
reasonably worthless IMHO
may not CURRENTLY have spyware in bedded
but read the EULA
check out any marketing
and "Affiliates"
why bother?