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Tag Archives: alerts
Ascentive products removed from active alerts list
After a few months of ongoing communication with StopBadware, Ascentive (operator of the website FinallyFast.com) has released new versions of its PC SpeedScan Pro and Spyware Striker Pro products. Both appear to address all of the issues that led us … Continue reading
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CyberDefender removed from active alerts list
After several months of ongoing communication, CyberDefender has released a version of its flagship suite, CyberDefender Early Detection Center, that appears to address all of the issues that led us to labeling it badware. We have therefore archived the alert. … Continue reading
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RealPlayer redeemed
The folks at Real Networks, creators of RealPlayer, recently brought to our attention a new version of the software that addresses the badware concerns we raised last year. We have therefore archived our alert about RealPlayer and updated it to … Continue reading
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Badware Alert: Aldi Photo Manager
StopBadware.org released a badware alert about Aldi Photo Manager today: We find that the ALDI Photo Manager application is badware because it fails to disclose that it bundles the ‘ALDI Photo Service’ application, the ‘ALDI Print Service’ application, and Firebird … Continue reading
Alert: CyberDefender Early Detection Center
[Update 4/17/09: This alert is no longer active. See this blog post for more information.] Today we released a badware alert about CyberDefender Early Detection Center: We find that the CyberDefender ‘Early Detection Center’ application is badware because it fails … Continue reading
Tagged alerts, cyberdefender, stopbadware, truste
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Badware Alert: Uniscope Toolbars (MySpace Guardian, Amber Alert Toolbar, BizRate Bar)
StopBadware.org released a “badware alert”:http://www.stopbadware.org/reports/reportdisplay?reportname=uniscopetoolbar05222008 about the Uniscope Toolbars today. These toolbars are produced and distributed by RPM Performance Media, and include variants such as “MySpace Guardian”, “Amber Alert Toolbar”, and “BizRate Bar” : bq. We find that the Uniscope … Continue reading
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Badware Alert: Spyware Striker Pro
[update: On April 24, 2009, we archived this alert, as a newer version of the software did not appear to exhibit the badware behaviors we reported.] StopBadware.org released a badware alert about Spyware Striker Pro today: We find that Spyware … Continue reading
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Badware Alert: PerformanceOptimizer
StopBadware.org today released a “badware alert about PerformanceOptimizer”:http://www.stopbadware.org/reports/reportdisplay?reportname=performanceoptimizer04242008: bq. We find that PerformanceOptimizer (Trial Version) is badware because it installs deceptively, makes deceptive claims of system vulnerabilities in order to induce users to purchase the full version of the software, … Continue reading
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Alert: XP Antivirus 2008
Today we are releasing a “badware alert”:http://www.stopbadware.org/reports/reportdisplay?reportname=xpantivirus2008 about XP Antivirus 2008. Here’s the summary from the alert: bq. We find that XP Antivirus 2008 (Unregistered Version) is badware because it makes deceptive claims of system vulnerabilities in order to induce … Continue reading
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Sears MySHCCommunity alert deactivated
Last Thursday, we deactivated our badware alert about the MySHCCommunity application produced by Sears Holdings Corporation. We deactivate an alert when the prevalent version(s) of the application appear to have addressed the issues we raised in our alert. With significant … Continue reading
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