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Daveski17
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 Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject: Antispywarebot? There seem to be too many things called BOT! |
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I apologise for posting a link here, it is the only way I can be sure you know what I am talking about. The link is to an advertisement for 'AntispyBot' made by Windows Antispyware. I was advised to download the anti-spyware known as 'spybot'. Everyone seems to think it is superb & is supposedly a free download. As I was searching for this software I downloaded this, thinking that this was the freeware everyone was talking about. It seemed to look quite good & after a 50 minute scan found a lot of tracking cookies. However when I tried to implement the counter-measures it wanted me to register & make a 'one off' payment. I did not do this & uninstalled it from my computer. I have noticed in the Windows Security Center on my laptop (Vista Home Premium) in the Malware Protection -- Spyware and other malware protection -- it is still listed along with Superantispy & MS Defender. Although it is indicated as being 'off'. Later I installed Superantispy which seems very good.
Should I be worried about the fact that it is still listed as being in the Security Center?
Is there anything residual left on my hard drive do you think?
<link to rogue anti-spyware program removed by admin> |
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suzi
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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I removed the link -- please do not post links to questionable sites. If you are concerned about possible infection in your PC, please go to the HijackThis logs forum, read this post and follow the instructions to post a HijackThis log.
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic.php?t=25477
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roger_m
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I would not be worried about it - even if there are some traces of the app left, it is nothing to worry about as it harmless and has no real-time protection so there will be nothing which will interefere with other security software. |
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Daveski17
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:12 am Post subject: Sorry (You know the English tend to apologise a lot) |
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| suzi wrote: |
I removed the link -- please do not post links to questionable sites. If you are concerned about possible infection in your PC, please go to the HijackThis logs forum, read this post and follow the instructions to post a HijackThis log.
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic.php?t=25477 |
I apologise again for posting the link. I didn't think it was a dangerous site to go to, I was just wondering about the efficacy of the spyware & the fact that they say 'free' when they mean a 'one off payment'. Thanks for the 'Hijack' info. |
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Daveski17
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: Residuals |
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| roger_m wrote: |
| I would not be worried about it - even if there are some traces of the app left, it is nothing to worry about as it harmless and has no real-time protection so there will be nothing which will interefere with other security software. |
Thanks roger_m, it seemed to uninstall easily. I have looked for anything residual, but I can't find anything. It says it is 'turned off' anyway in the security centre. |
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