AplusWebMaster
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FYI…
- http://www.theregister.com/2006/04/07/unspypc/
7 April 2006
"A rogue anti-spyware application is falsely identifying popular security products and file system tools as spyware. Security firm SurfControl advises users not to touch the application, UnSpyPC, with a barge pole. False-positive reporting is hardly unknown across many supposed anti-spyware applications, as SurfControl notes, but this case is particularly severe since UnSpyPC could disable critical security and business applications… Programs that were falsely identified as spyware by UnSpyPC include an anti-virus tool, a well known anti-spyware application, and a system management tool. SurfControl has added detection for UnSpyPC, which it identifies as malicious code, to its security products. We submitted a request for UnSpyPC to comment on SurfControl's criticism via its download site on Thursday. At the time of writing, we've received no response."
* http://www.surfcontrol.com/ViewHandler.asp…800&mnuid;=6.2.1
April 5, 2006
- http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-s…re.htm#products
"UnSpyPC… false positives work as goad to purchase… inadequate/flawed scan/detection scheme; same app as Safe & Clean…"
- http://www.theregister.com/2006/04/07/unspypc/
7 April 2006
"A rogue anti-spyware application is falsely identifying popular security products and file system tools as spyware. Security firm SurfControl advises users not to touch the application, UnSpyPC, with a barge pole. False-positive reporting is hardly unknown across many supposed anti-spyware applications, as SurfControl notes, but this case is particularly severe since UnSpyPC could disable critical security and business applications… Programs that were falsely identified as spyware by UnSpyPC include an anti-virus tool, a well known anti-spyware application, and a system management tool. SurfControl has added detection for UnSpyPC, which it identifies as malicious code, to its security products. We submitted a request for UnSpyPC to comment on SurfControl's criticism via its download site on Thursday. At the time of writing, we've received no response."
* http://www.surfcontrol.com/ViewHandler.asp…800&mnuid;=6.2.1
April 5, 2006
- http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-s…re.htm#products
"UnSpyPC… false positives work as goad to purchase… inadequate/flawed scan/detection scheme; same app as Safe & Clean…"
