anti spyware "as freeware"

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I am wondering if the anti-spyware, that i found on internet, is trustfull.
Each free program i run, found several spyware on my system.
That is a sign, that they fake these problems to get customers.
Who has the same feelings?
Frans
 
frans said:
I am wondering if the anti-spyware, that i found on internet, is trustfull.
Each free program i run, found several spyware on my system.
That is a sign, that they fake these problems to get customers.
Who has the same feelings?
Frans
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It's subjective. Some programs flag on certain programs, while others
consider them semi-legit. It happens with antivirus as well. Some
trojans (e.g. Guptachar and BO2K) are used as legit remote admin tools.

What programs did you run and what was flagged as spyware?

michael
 
frans said:
I am wondering if the anti-spyware, that i found on internet, is
trustfull. Each free program i run, found several spyware on my
system.
That is a sign, that they fake these problems to get customers.
Who has the same feelings?
Frans
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I am suspicious of those I do not know, but some are very respectable. For
example, I would always use Spybot Search & Destroy, and I also don't frown
when people tell me they use Ad-Aware, but I would probably frown when
people say they have used others.
 
I am wondering if the anti-spyware, that i found on internet, is trustfull.
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Many aren't. Read this:

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
Each free program i run, found several spyware on my system.
That is a sign, that they fake these problems to get customers.
Who has the same feelings?
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Spybot and AdAware are good and useful. You can avoid spyware by
sticking with only reputable applications and using a browser other
than IE such as Mozilla, Firefox and Opera.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
I am wondering if the anti-spyware, that i found on internet, is trustfull.
Each free program i run, found several spyware on my system.
That is a sign, that they fake these problems to get customers.
Who has the same feelings?
Frans
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There is indeed also a lot of crap on the net but I would not say that
they always fake,.. there are many differences... and no one soft
finds all....

If you want honest freeware go see
http://www.nondisputandum.com/html/anti_spyware.html
greetz
 
frans said:
I am wondering if the anti-spyware, that i found on internet, is trustfull.
Each free program i run, found several spyware on my system.
That is a sign, that they fake these problems to get customers.
Who has the same feelings?
Frans
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If they are free programs, why would they want to fake problems to get
customers?
 
"optikl"
If they are free programs, why would they want to fake problems to get
customers?
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I think that's pretty obvious. :)
The answer:
So they can sell you more 'free' stuff. ha ha ha
 
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