Is there a site that keeps a list of genuine and fake antimalware
software ?
I am just wondering how I can recognise true antispyware/malware from
the fake ones that are put in circulation to infect your PC with new
malware/spyware.

A colleague told me about malwarebytes.org, which he said contains
some very good antispyware, but I am reluctant to install this unless
I can get the news from a reputable source that this is genuine
antispyware.

De Gemuilkorfde Burger wrote:
> Is there a site that keeps a list of genuine and fake antimalware
> software ?
> I am just wondering how I can recognise true antispyware/malware from
> the fake ones that are put in circulation to infect your PC with new
> malware/spyware.
>
> A colleague told me about malwarebytes.org, which he said contains
> some very good antispyware, but I am reluctant to install this unless
> I can get the news from a reputable source that this is genuine
> antispyware.
Check in the alt.privacy.spyware newsgroup for info.
MalwareByte's Anti-Malware (MBAM) and SuperAntiSpyware (SAS) are both highly
recommended.
There is a free version of each and they will clean just as well as their
paid versions.
Two excellent programs. The paid versions offer real-time protections and
well as other features.
I use the paid version of SAS and the free version of MBAM . Since
installing the paid version of SAS, I have not contracted any malware or
spyware that was detected.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net says...
>
> MBAM is vetted and trusted. I highly recomend it.
>

I second that recommendation.

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there is a site that has a updated and accurate listing of rogue
antispyware.

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

hope this helps.



"Caesar Romano" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:50:20 -0500, "David H. Lipman"
> <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote Re Re: Antimalware : genuine or
> not ?:
>
>>From: "De Gemuilkorfde Burger" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>
>>| Is there a site that keeps a list of genuine and fake antimalware
>>| software ?
>>| I am just wondering how I can recognise true antispyware/malware from
>>| the fake ones that are put in circulation to infect your PC with new
>>| malware/spyware.
>>
>>| A colleague told me about malwarebytes.org, which he said contains
>>| some very good antispyware, but I am reluctant to install this unless
>>| I can get the news from a reputable source that this is genuine
>>| antispyware.
>>
>>MBAM is vetted and trusted. I highly recomend it.
>
> Ditto on that.

kreepz wrote:

> there is a site that has a updated and accurate listing of rogue
> antispyware.
>
> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

"Last Updated: May 4, 2007"

> hope this helps.

Not so much... :-(

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