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| for those of you who were recommending SPYWARE ASSASSIN
| READ this On How YOU were wrong BIG TIME
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...=581&e=7&u=/nm/20050311/tc_nm/tech_spyware_dc
That's why before you get anti spyware software, check the following site.
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
"On March 11, 2005 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission took action against MaxTheater, the
company behind SpywareAssassin, an "anti-spyware" product that has been listed on these
pages since July 4, 2004. In its complaint, the FTC specifically named several of the more
deceptive and unfair practices that are employed by many of the "anti-spyware" applications
listed on this page, namely:
a.. falsely claiming to have scanned users' PCs remotely and detected "spyware"
a.. using high pressure sales tactics through pop-ups and spam to compel users to buy its
application, SpywareAssassin
a.. selling an "anti-spyware" product that falsely detects "spyware" on users' PCs
a.. selling an "anti-spyware" product that fails to remove a substantial amount of "spyware"
from users' PCs "
