Spybot Fake Website?

[pawelthegreat]

There is a website up that is trying to pretend it is this one.
Google Spybot and you should see it.

Just looking at the homepage makes it look authentic to someone who heard about this amazing software but never saw its simple but dashing look and probably download not good stuff.
Just wanted to tell everyone.
What should we do?

Pawel

 

[tashi]

Hi there,

Unfortunately rogue programs are rampant.

A few examples in the forum:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=35523
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=35110
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=35543
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=36075
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=36122
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=245516

Web Alerts:
http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=255422&postcount=15

Aside from being careful in general, I'd shy away from Google's sponsored links.

 

[Kealan]

...Aside from being careful in general, I'd shy away from Google's sponsored links.

I couldn't agree more with that. Even if a sponsered link is the website you are looking for, I recommend you find it in the normal search results, as very often those are imposter websites designed to infect your computer and/or obtain private information from you.

 

[sandy7m]

The gullible get prayed upon

OMG :-(

Daughter just got caught out the same way. Fortunately she got stuck at some point in the download process cos the rogue website asked if she wanted to download all 135 products!!!!!

My daughter is a classic example of why folk get caught out, gullible and do not do any research. And lets face it, this damned interweb thing is one of the greatest devices ever for finding info :-/

 

[tashi]

Hello sandy7m. :welcome:

http://www.mywot.com/

The WOT community has rated millions of websites and while not infallible it is a useful barometer to assist in avoiding sites that host malware, on-line scams and spam.

So how did I get infected in the first place? thread.

Cheers.