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Don't Get Trapped By Rogue Anti-spyware Software!
By Richard Rossbauer, Fri Dec 9th
Recent computer problems raised my suspicions that a hijacker orother malware program had infiltrated its protective software. Too many crashes and program hang-ups were taking place to benormal. Yes, there really shouldn't be any problems in a virusand free computer. But, who is blessed with such a pure machine?
The experts nearly all agree that upwards of 90 percent of allcomputers used to visit the Internet are infected with some sortof virus, adware, or malware. And even though my startuproutine includes automatic sweeps by two different spywaresweepers and one virus scanner, stuff could still get in. So, I tried a new anti-spyware software advertised in a recentnewsletter. This program indicated that two of the nastiestbrowser hijackers in circulation and two equally nasty malwareswere buried in my Registry and 'ini' files! I was dumbfounded! How did my top rated protective programs missthem? Not only did they get by the start-up protective software,but they apparently slipped under the gun-sights of the registrymonitor 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 thisnew program remove the infiltrators. It was quite high comparedto the price for registering any of the popular and highlyrecommended protective programs, some of which will removespyware for
free. Before spending that amount of money for a suspicious product, Idid a Google search for ["Name of Anti-spyware program" +Avoid]. Yes! It was shown as Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware(*) atSpywareWarrior.com along with another 199 similarly suspiciousofferings, and advice on how to avoid being duped or robbed byFalse Positive findings. (*)"Rogue/Suspect" means that these products are of unknown,questionable, or dubious value if used for anti-spywareprotection. Spyware Warrior is a great website to bookmark for futurereference. Here's a link:http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm These are the programs I used to confirm my suspicions. Nonefound the four infiltrators: Spybot S&D,AdAware, Xoftspy, Xcleaner, CWSshredder, HijackThis,AVG, and ErrorNuker. It's possible that the Suspect anti-spyware program would haveremoved them. I wasn't going to take that gamble. It's bad enough that spywareand adware are disabling millions of home computers. Exploitingthis epidemic with fake programs that claim to remove thesepests for an exorbitant fee, but might not, is unscrupulous andunconscionable behavior. About the author:Richard Rossbauer started his "Firewalls and Virus Protection"website and "Security Alert News Reporter" to help everydayInternet users navigate safely through the Cyber Space that hasbecome a 'Cyber Jungle', loaded with ambushes and booby traps.He promotes his "Computer Security Awareness Campaign" thru hisBlog and website athttp://www.firewalls-and-virus-protection.com.
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