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SpyHunter Question?

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Posted by: VP PAPPY

I just bought a new computer (a 3.2GHz HP Pavilion a767 c-b) and after downloading most of my old programs and playing with it for a few hours, I ran my old spyware program "SpyHunter" to see if I'd picked up any junk yet.
When the scan finished, it said it had detected over 250 parasites! Could this be true? Where in the **** did they come from in such a short time?
Not wanting to take a chance of this program removing some parts of Windows XP or anything else that was needed, I didn't delete anything.
What do you guys think? Should I trust it and hit the remove button?

Terry Murphy (aka: VP Pappy)


Posted by: MicroBell

Nope...

Note on Enigma [b]SpyHunter[/b]: Enigma's SpyHunter anti-spyware application was listed on this page primarily because of the company's history of employing aggressive, deceptive advertising (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). The company was also known for exploiting the name "spybot" in its domain names and online advertising. These objectionable business practices were employed primarily from late-2002 to mid-2004.

Sometime during summer of 2004 the company halted the most obnoxious and objectionable aspects of its online advertising. It also unloaded all the "spybot" domains (which were promptly picked up by Paretologic for its XoftSpy anti-spyware application).

While there are still unresolved allegations that SpyHunter transmits the Windows Product ID from users' PCs (1), we can no longer classify this application as "rogue/suspect." Nonetheless, SpyHunter -- at least in its current state -- cannot be recommended because of its mediocre performance as an anti-spyware scanner. Testing indicates that it does not recognize some well-known spyware installations and has difficulty removing critical spyware/adware files even from those it does recognize (1). Given the many excellent competing anti-spyware applications that are available (some for free), users would do better looking elsewhere for trustworthy anti-spyware protection.