wilsondive
2008-04-20, 14:43
Why does Spybot pick up SpyHunter as treat? I just downloaded the program and it picked it up as a threat
md usa spybot fan
2008-04-20, 17:30
wilsondive:
Pure speculation, but maybe because of the history between SpyHunter and Spybot. Plus the fact the product isn't very good. SpyHunter was originally listed as a Rogue product here:
Spyware Warrior Rogue-Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
Note on Enigma SpyHunter: Enigma's SpyHunter anti-spyware application was listed on this page primarily because of the company's history of employing aggressive, deceptive advertising (1 (http://www.netrn.net/archives2/2004_05.html), 2 (http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/0604/2.php), 3 (http://antivirus.about.com/b/a/083597.htm), 4 (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39146150,00.htm), 5 (http://www.lavasoftnews.com/theeye/i19/a1.html)). 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 (http://www.lavasoftnews.com/theeye/i19/a1.html)), 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 (http://spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic.php?t=5015)). 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 (http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#trustworthy).
Domains: enigmasoftwaregroup.com, spywareremove.com, uninstallxupiter.com
[A: 6-26-04 / U: 8-22-04]
1. Investigations of Spyhunter Version 3.9.25 of 18-03-2009 show,
that the software does not comply with the ASCs
(http://www.antispywarecoalition.org) definitions for
classification as malware or spyware.
2. Safer-Networking Ltd. will not give subsequent reviews of older
versions of Spyhunter.
3. Questions about data transfered to the web by Spyhunter should be
addressed to Enigma.
4. If you suspect Spyhunter (later than 3.9.25 of 18.03.2009) of
complying with ASCs definitons for classification as malware,
please send your information to detections@spybot.info