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Don't get trapped by Rogue Anti-Spyware software!
Recent computer problems raised my suspicions that a hijacker or other malware program had infiltrated its protective software.
Too many crashes and program hang-ups were taking place to be normal. Yes, there really shouldn't be any problems in a virus and spyware free computer.
But, who is blessed with such a pure machine?
The experts nearly all agree that upwards of 90 percent of all computers used to visit the Internet are infected with some sort of virus, adware, spyware or malware. And even though my startup routine includes automatic sweeps by two different spyware sweepers and one virus scanner, stuff could still get in.
So, I tried a new anti-spyware software advertised in a recent newsletter. This program indicated that two of the nastiest browser hijackers in circulation and two equally nasty malwares were buried in my Registry and 'ini' files!
I was dumbfounded! How did my top rated protective programs miss them? Not only did they get by the start-up protective software, but they apparently slipped under the gun-sights of the registry monitor that operates in the background, and the monitor (Webroot SpySweeper) that sweeps before shutdown.
What really aroused my suspicions was the price tag to have this new program remove the infiltrators. It was quite high compared to the price for registering any of the popular and highly recommended protective programs, some of which will remove spyware for free.
Before spending that amount of money for a suspicious product,
I did a Google search for ["Name of Anti-spyware program" + Avoid].
Yes! It was shown as Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware(*) at SpywareWarrior.com along with another 199 similarly suspicious offerings, and advice on how to avoid being duped or robbed by False Positive findings.
(*)"Rogue/Suspect" means that these products are of unknown, questionable, or dubious value if used for anti-spyware protection.
Spyware Warrior is a great website to bookmark for future reference. Here's a link: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
These are the programs I used to confirm my suspicions. None found the four infiltrators:
Spybot S&D,AdAware, Xoftspy, Xcleaner, CWSshredder, HijackThis, AVG, and ErrorNuker.
It's possible that the Suspect anti-spyware program would have removed them.
I wasn't going to take that gamble. It's bad enough that spyware and adware are disabling millions of home computers. Exploiting this epidemic with fake programs that claim to remove these pests for an exorbitant fee, but might not, is unscrupulous and unconscionable behavior.
About the Author
Richard Rossbauer started his "Firewalls and Virus Protection" website and "Security Alert News Reporter" to help everyday Internet users navigate safely through the Cyber Space that has become a 'Cyber Jungle', loaded with ambushes and booby traps. He promotes his "Computer Security Awareness Campaign" thru his Blog and website at http://www.firewalls-and-virus-protection.com.
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Tucows Downloads - Download Freeware and Shareware Software |
Download freeware, shareware, and demos. Maintains over 45000 software titles that are tested, rated, reviewed and ready to download. |
www.tucows.com |
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Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com |
Download shareware, freeware and Demo software for PC, Mac, Linux, and Handhelds categorized into categories, plus software reviews. |
www.download.com |
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Computer software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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en.wikipedia.org |
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Shareware.com - Search for shareware programs and free software ... |
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www.computer.org |
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Free Downloads on ZDNet | Shareware, Trialware, Evaluation Software |
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downloads.zdnet.com |
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FSF - The Free Software Foundation |
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Apple - Software |
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Open Directory - Computers: Software |
In Partnership with AOL Search. about dmoz | report abuse/spam | help. the entire directory, only in Computers/Software. Top: Computers: Software (38471) ... |
dmoz.org |
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freshmeat.net: Welcome to freshmeat.net |
About: The Web browser is probably the most frequently used software today, ... Web professionals can use the software for functional testing and regression ... |
freshmeat.net |
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Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) |
Listing of the GNU software packages. |
www.gnu.org |
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Sun Software |
Get enterprise-class software--Solaris 10 OS, the Java Enterprise System, ... Sun Java StorageTek Software reduces cost and complexity with a single, ... |
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Internet Real Estate.com -- owns and operates a portfolio of the ... |
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www.internetrealestate.com |
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Joel on Software |
A weblog by Joel Spolsky, a programmer working in New York City, about software and software companies. |
www.joelonsoftware.com |
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Online shopping for computer & video games, business & office productivity software, software from Microsoft, Apple, Adobe & more; accounting, antivirus, ... |
www.amazon.com |
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IBM Software - Home Page |
IBM home page for all of its software products, including Lotus and Tivoli, with keyword search, category browse and AZ product names. |
www.ibm.com |
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Opera web browser: Homepage |
Copyright © 2006 Opera Software ASA. All rights reserved. Skip navigation. Opera Software ... Copyright Opera Software ASA . All rights reserved. ... |
www.opera.com |
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Google Directory - Computers > Software |
Search only in Software Search the Web ... Software Categorized by Letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... |
www.google.com |
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