David
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Well apparently my brother picked up some malware that was giving him ads. So I told him to get "Spybot" he downloads and pays for Spywarebot. He thought it was the same thing!
Well apparently his machine now kept telling him he has spyware and told spywarebot to clean it but it says it can't
So over to my house it comes. WHat's the first thing Spybot finds, you guessed it Spywarebot and all it's "friends" that came to visit..
he says "So I got took for $20 right?"
me (trying to make it look good)"Well you learned a lesson right? "
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dadkins
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It is sad, that garbage people take friends and family for money by playing on the name of an actual useful tool.
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CalamityJane
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| reply to David
Indeed that is very sad but all too common.
This topic is a good reminder that when recommending a product to anyone, always supply a link to the vendor's website to be sure they do not get trapped into downloading a bogus ripoff instead.
For Spybot Search & Destroy, the official site is:
»www.safer-networking.org/
Two more ripoff rogue sites masquerading as Spybot S & D were reported at the Spybot Forums last week:
»forums.spybot.info/showthread.ph···ost61661
These are the two new rogues that will be added to Eric's Howe's Rogue and Suspect List
1. »www.spybot-2007.com/
2. »www.get-spybot.com/
You can view Eric's list of sites to avoid that lists the most common ripoff sites and copycat programs here:
Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
»www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_ant···ware.htm
Be sure to give that link to your friends and relatives as well. It is a good for them to have bookmarked in their favorites
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garys_2k
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Did your brother send the malware vendor his CC number when he bought it? He might want to consider closing that card and getting a new one, and soon. |
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David
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| said by garys_2k  :Did your brother send the malware vendor his CC number when he bought it? He might want to consider closing that card and getting a new one, and soon. That's what I told him, however he said he will keep an eye on it and report the fraudulent charges.
Although dually noted and I will send him a link to this thread advising as such.
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La Luna
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said by David :...he says "So I got took for $20 right?" me (trying to make it look good)"Well you learned a lesson right? " Well, he DID learn something, right? Nothing to "make look good" about that. 
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said by CalamityJane :You can view Eric's list of sites to avoid that lists the most common ripoff sites and copycat programs here:... This a good reminder of the importance of a host file. |
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CalamityJane
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| said by SnowyOne :This a good reminder of the importance of a host file. Since some reading this may wonder what is a HOSTS file?
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
»www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
And another alternative if using IE is IESPYAD which puts over 20,000 known bad websites into your IE restricted zone:
IESPYAD
»www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/reso···#IESPYAD
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