SpyWareStormer ?????

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Bobby Boggs
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SpyWareStormer ?????

Post by Bobby Boggs »

Is this a hoax?I was going to click to try it then I read.By clicking the Scan button you agree to the Spyware Stormer agreement<font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="red">End user license agreement.</font>
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Wiz Feinberg
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Post by Wiz Feinberg »

This is well known to the anti-spyware community as sleazeware. It uses false positives in its initial scans to fool people into buying into it to remove the infestations, which usually don't exist on your computer at all. Avoid it at all costs.

I use Ad-Aware, Spybot Search and Destroy and SpywareBlaster, all of which have free versions that work just fine at detecting, removing or preventing (SpywareBlaster) the installation of all known spyware, sleazeware, foistware, etc.

Wiz<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Wiz Feinberg on 26 October 2004 at 08:59 PM.]</p></FONT>
Bobby Boggs
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Joined: 2 Dec 1999 1:01 am
Location: Upstate SC.

Post by Bobby Boggs »

Thanks Wiz............bb