aweir

I've never heard of any of them.

Spyzooka-sounds like a kid's toy

Malware Removal Bot- um, I thought bots were bad...

Antispywarebot- Again, another "bot"?

AdwareAlert- trying for an Adaware knock-off?

Antispyware2009- You mean like "SuperAntispyware"?

Are these for real? Warning, I dod not click on any of the links because I do not know if they have some sort of drive-by download or not. Click the links at your own risk...

http://softwareinsidersmag.com/antispyware-reviews.php

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BlackHoleSon

Spybot - Search and destroy has "bot" in it and it isn't a bad program.

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aweir

But Spybot is well known and recommended around the internet.

The others seem like either rogue software or knock-offs.

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BlackHoleSon

Yes it is, and Yes they do, I was just pointing out that having bot in its name isn't an automatic indicator that something is bad.

They do look pretty bad, Not going to lie about that. I suppose this could be a reminder to the community that it is always a good idea to get several opinions from trusted sources before installing anything like this.

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aweir

Maybe Spybot should change it's name since the word 'bot' has negative connotation these days.

I mean it would be like calling an antivirus program SuperVirus2010

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BlackHoleSon

Now that you mention it, there is an anti-virus called "The Hacker" I believe.

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Raiden911

LAWL!

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SpammisT

"COOL! I SHOULD GO DOWNLOAD SOME OF THESE "ANTI SPYWARE" PROGRAMS!"




Wow, anti virus and spyware scams these days, are they that desperate? That's not the question.
Who even MAKES them?!

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BlackHoleSon

I just googled it. Some of the results were in Spanish, while one of the English results said it was a Latin American software. Perhaps that may be why it isn't entirely well known. I wonder if it is any good... Doubt it if it isn't well known - after all, foreign Antiviruses like Kaspersky and NOD32 are well known.

People across the world have been trying to get into people's systems since way back. I know of a guy on a website who was your typical "1337 K1D" who spoke only in leet. extremely annoying. Always talked about how awesome he was for hacking in FPS games. I thought he was a joke, until he got a piece of malware onto one of my friend's computer.

I kid you not, this guy had images of people's systems he has gained control of holding a piece of paper saying "(name) Owns me". Basically, he entered their system, and threatened to ruin stuff if they didn't do as he asked.

To sum it up for you, children and middle aged people living with their parents with absolutely no hope in anything positive. And furthermore, it creates a sense of false accomplishment. The fact of the matter is that petty hackers create an exploit for an operating system that is much greater than whatever they have made.

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TurboTurtle

To the best of my knowledge, see the bold.

Best way to get rid of this amount of rogue software is to download a copy of Securerom2k and make a bootable copy of it. Turn System Restore off in Windows, then boot from the CD. Once inside you'll load into a Win7 environment, right click and go to Anti-Virus -> ESET Online Scan.

Once the scan has completed, boot into windows normally and run the following:

CCleaner (reduces scan times)
MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Avira Free Personal Edition (download from Avira's website, disable your native Anti-Virus before installing and running Avira)
Bit Defender Online / TrendMicro Housecall.
Uninstall Avira, re-active your native protection and run a scan from it.


That should nuke anything malicious on your computer. However, with that amount of rogue software, you probably have a number of other infections on your computer as well. The above should take care of them as well - but your registry will be in shambles. Download and run ComboFix once all the above is completed.

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