Talk:SpyHunter
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Negative reviews only huh? It is not itself malware, right? Mathiastck 15:56, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- No, it's not Malware- according to all the reviews it just wasn't very good. --Wafulz 17:07, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- Spybot SD reports Spyhunter as malware—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdsouza (talk • contribs)
- If you could find this published somewhere, then you could add it. --Wafulz 21:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- See http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=7028&highlight=spyhunter
- It would have to be published from a reliable source like online magazine or product review. Otherwise it won't be allowed on. For all we know, it could be some form of bug in Spybot's detection. --Wafulz 20:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- If you look at the thread, you'll see that the second message is written by a member of the Spybot SD development team. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.203.86.186 (talk • contribs) 02:43, November 30, 2006
- I agree with the post from spybotsandra. Norton Internet Security 2007 did not detect this as malicious software, but any software that uses dubious methods of advertising should be considered a threat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.132.66.78 (talk • contribs) 01:51, December 15, 2006
- It has just started being detected by Norton AntiVirus 2007. Today when I tried to run it, Norton blocked it, telling me it's a high risk virus. When I tried having it find it in a manual scan, it just gives me the option to delete SpyHunter or do nothing (i.e., close the post-scan window and still have SpyHunter blocked). So now, basically my SpyHunter is disabled, until I figure out how to get Norton to exclude it. On Norton's online virus compendium (or whatever it is called) it is listed under additional threats on the S page of the A-Z list of threats. --LuigiManiac 03:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- I guess we can list it with a reference to Norton's encyclopedia thingie. --Wafulz 05:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- It has just started being detected by Norton AntiVirus 2007. Today when I tried to run it, Norton blocked it, telling me it's a high risk virus. When I tried having it find it in a manual scan, it just gives me the option to delete SpyHunter or do nothing (i.e., close the post-scan window and still have SpyHunter blocked). So now, basically my SpyHunter is disabled, until I figure out how to get Norton to exclude it. On Norton's online virus compendium (or whatever it is called) it is listed under additional threats on the S page of the A-Z list of threats. --LuigiManiac 03:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- I agree with the post from spybotsandra. Norton Internet Security 2007 did not detect this as malicious software, but any software that uses dubious methods of advertising should be considered a threat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.132.66.78 (talk • contribs) 01:51, December 15, 2006
- If you look at the thread, you'll see that the second message is written by a member of the Spybot SD development team. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.203.86.186 (talk • contribs) 02:43, November 30, 2006
- It would have to be published from a reliable source like online magazine or product review. Otherwise it won't be allowed on. For all we know, it could be some form of bug in Spybot's detection. --Wafulz 20:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- See http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=7028&highlight=spyhunter
- If you could find this published somewhere, then you could add it. --Wafulz 21:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- Spybot SD reports Spyhunter as malware—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdsouza (talk • contribs)
[edit] Links
I've re-added the two links removed by the ESG employee .... just cause you don't like them doesn't mean they aren't valid ;o)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.56.95.253 (talk • contribs)
- Assuming a user is an employee is pretty rude. The links you posted actually are invalid by guidelines. One is a forum, another appears to be a personal link. We've already got enough reliable sources lambasting the product as is- any more are really redundant.--Wafulz 03:51, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] De-listed from Spyware Warrior
Check out this link to the delisted apps section on Spyware Warrior's rogue/suspect antispyware software page. Apparently SpyHunter advertised aggressively, for which Spyware Warrior listed them as rogue/suspect; however, since they stopped doing that, Spyware Warrior delisted them. Spyware Warrior still doesn't recommend the software, however, since its performance is not very good, and there were allegations that it transmitted the Windows User ID from users' computers. Geekosaurus 01:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:SpyHunter App.png
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