What does Spybot Blcok the Spyhunter website?

[swanlee]

I understand Engima software the makers of spyhunter have had issues in the past like 4 or 5 years ago but now Spybot has gone all out to prevent the use of the spyhunter product. Spybot used to just detect spyhunter as malware and I would just uncheck it.

As of about late August Spybot now changes your host file to prevent you from being able to get to the enigma software website and in conjunction with that it breaks the ability for you to update the spyhunter product.
I know this is the immunize option and I could unceck it but if I'm going to have to work around spybot just to keep it from breaking other software I will just uninstall spybot.

Spyhunter is a legit product that I paid for, it has worked well for me at it will at times detect and rmeove things that even Spybot does not catch.

I do not think it is a good thing that Spybot detects it's competitors is malware threats and then prevents you from updating another malware detection product.

Why is spybot doing this? I like the immunize feature of spybot but if it is going to break legit software I have paid for I will not use it anymore.

[DougCuk]

I don't think you will find many who are as forgiving of Enigma's past as yourself - or many who would recommend using Spyhunter. The best you could say of the company is that it uses confusing and over-enthusiastic advertising techniques to promoted the sale of a mediocre product.

Certainly Spyhunter has improved its reputation over the last few years and is no longer listed as a Rogue (ie fake) program - but the company still seems to be struggling to come across as a professional outfit. The company President Alvin Estevez has a strange habit of posting very aggressive responses on many security forums when his product is criticised. Not something many other companies feel is appropriate behaviour for a CEO.

For any who have not investigated Spyhunter try reading the following:
http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2008/08/...eferences.html
http://mysteryfcm.co.uk/?mode=Articles&date=31-08-2008

http://www.complaintsboard.com/compl...er-c40878.html
http://www.securitycadets.com/category/enigma/

[swanlee]

I don't think you will find many who are as forgiving of Enigma's past as yourself - or many who would recommend using Spyhunter. The best you could say of the company is that it uses confusing and over-enthusiastic advertising techniques to promoted the sale of a mediocre product.

Certainly Spyhunter has improved its reputation over the last few years and is no longer listed as a Rogue (ie fake) program - but the company still seems to be struggling to come across as a professional outfit. The company President Alvin Estevez has a strange habit of posting very aggressive responses on many security forums when his product is criticised. Not something many other companies feel is appropriate behaviour for a CEO.

For any who have not investigated Spyhunter try reading the following:
http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2008/08/...eferences.html
http://mysteryfcm.co.uk/?mode=Articles&date=31-08-2008

http://www.complaintsboard.com/compl...er-c40878.html
http://www.securitycadets.com/category/enigma/

Ok but how is Spybot any better by blocking access to their website? I paid for the Spyhunter product and am satisfied with it been using it for a few years now, yet Spybot made the spyhunter product un useable until I figured out it was Spybot that was causing the problem.

I quickly came to realize no SINGLE malware product works for everything so I use a combination of a few products. In this case Spybot made my pc more vulnerable since it blocked me getting updates for the spyhunter product I paid for.

I understand enigma's past, but is enigma software and Spyhunter a threat to my computer right now? Are they malware?

The answer is no, spybot should not be blocking the use of the spyhunter product or the Enigma's website based off of having a weird CEO.

Spybot intentionally went out of its way to BREAK spyhunter and block me from being able to get support or trouble shoot the issue. Heck I thought the company went under as there website would not come up and spyhunter would not update.

I had to go to another pc to realize that the website was up and had to dig through my host file to see that spybot rerouted the enigma website to local host. And now on spybot I have to turn immunize OFF for host files as there does not appear to be a away for my to tell spybot NOT to block the Enigma related website.

To me that is over stepping the bounds for spybot, Spyhunter is not malware and not a threat to my pc spybot needs to leave the politics out of it and leave that program alone.

[PepiMK]

Well, if you paid for it because you seriously wanted it, you're a rare case

The only people who paid for it that i know where all either victims of trademark frauds where they thought they would be buying a different product (through Enigma affiliates willingly tolerated by Enigma), or those of fake detections of non-existing malware to lure people into buying, or through deceptive sites.

Hint: the product description shown inside Spybot will tell you which one it is currently

[wyrmrider]

You could try Stopzilla for a new adventure

[129260]

You could try Stopzilla for a new adventure

haha

[swanlee]

Well, if you paid for it because you seriously wanted it, you're a rare case

The only people who paid for it that i know where all either victims of trademark frauds where they thought they would be buying a different product (through Enigma affiliates willingly tolerated by Enigma), or those of fake detections of non-existing malware to lure people into buying, or through deceptive sites.

Hint: the product description shown inside Spybot will tell you which one it is currently

Umm yeah I think you guys are missing the point here. I'm not going to argue about how good a product spyhunter is, I honestly have not had a problem with it and voluntarily purchased it to use in cunjunction with about 3 other malware programs.

I fully purchased spyhunter and have had no issues with it.

Enigma software and spyhunter do not equal malware, they are not a threat to my computer

Why is Spybot preventing spyhunter from working and preventing me from going to the Enigma software website? Spybot made a product I PAID for stop working. This is pretty recent to, even though spybot usually detected spyhunter as malware it never blocked the enigma websites or my ability to get updates.
What changed? Can someone give me a real instance that Enigma software and spyhunter are actual Malware?

Fling all the crap you want at enigma for past issues but Spybot is doing something just as bad.

Spybot is actively blocking and breaking a product I paid for, with no reason.

Is Spyhunter a malware product? Will my computer get infected and have issues if I visit the Enigma website?

If the answers to both of these questions is NO then Spybot should not mess with this program or my ability to visit there website.

It does not look very good for spybot when they are injecting their OPINION about a competitor on my PC.

Spybot needs to stick with actively fighting MALWARE and NOT passing judgment on a competitor.

My pc is not going to be the battle ground for that type of crap,

[blues]

Is Spyhunter a malware product? Will my computer get infected and have issues if I visit the Enigma website?

i guess not but these people are very unprofessional and manipulative.

Spybot made a product I PAID for stop working.

why not donate to spybot instead? the people that have made spybot is not manipulative like this company you are talking about and they do not try to push their products on people like crazy. donate to spybot instead of buying this crap if you want

[PepiMK]

Why is Spybot preventing spyhunter from working and preventing me from going to the Enigma software website? [...]
Fling all the crap you want at enigma for past issues but Spybot is doing something just as bad. [...]
It does not look very good for spybot when they are injecting their OPINION about a competitor on my PC.

Equally, I could say you are behaving the same way you acuse us of. You're still implying "past issues" and repeating your question, totally ignoring the answer about up to date issues.

If you would like the answer so much, why don't you read it?

That's a feature of Spybot-S&D: it tells you why it flags products!

And if you don't like THAT reason, feel free to discuss it.

But starting multiple discussions and not following it sounds more like you either just like to hear your voice or work for Enigma.

All I hear is over aggressive marketing and that people do not like the CEO's attitude. This still does not make the program malware.

1. You HAVE heard more. From me, the "official" side even.
2. So you are saying that software that intentionally misleads the user is just over aggressive marketing and not malicious? I wonder what ground you would then have to attack our detection... hey, if you don't care to read the reason, at least you could see it with the same eyes