Strange! Antispyware infected with spyware?

[panais]

I decided to try and test spyware cease.I open firefox...
I search in google to find that WOT the safe page addon didn't like the website (capture 1)
I said never mind and i click <<ignore warning and go to the site>>.(capture 2)
So i download the spyware cease setup and i scan the file with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and....see yourself the result (capture 3)
Is something wrong?
Is a fault alert?
What?

 

[WindowsStar]

FYI spyware cease is malware. It has a bad rating on a lot of forums and test sites.

 

[Airbot]

It's a rogue antispyware program. Meaning=Bad.

Not recommended to use weird, non popular antispyware/antivirus programs. Stick with the more known ones, that are proven safe. Malwarebytes, SuperAntispyware, etc.

 

[WindowsStar]

It's a rogue antispyware program. Meaning=Bad.

Not recommended to use weird, non popular antispyware/antivirus programs. Stick with the more known ones, that are proven safe. Malwarebytes, SuperAntispyware, etc.

Well said...better worded than my reply.

 

[Brian6121990]

There is a reason why the name of that program is "Spyware Cease"....It ceased to be a spyware to infect your computer.

 

[tw33k]

WOT tells you that the website is untrustworthy, you ignore the warning and now ask "Is something wrong?" You're kidding right :sarc:....honestly what did you expect?
Read this

 

[not so gray matter]

Yes, please if you don't know that the website is 100% safe, don't ignore warnings.

BTW, Spyware Cease is on CNET. Not trusting them ever again, not that I did much in the first place.

 

[panais]

There is a reason why the name of that program is "Spyware Cease"....It ceased to be a spyware to infect your computer.

Good one Brian6121990.
Btw as notsograymatter said Spyware Cease is on CNET and i personally found it in many trusted<<good>> websites,thats why i ignore the alerts,but at the end i decide to scan the file for good and bad.
Why all this trusted<<good>> websites have this file?They dont know that is <<BAD>> fle?
Strange this is really very strange.

 

[Brian6121990]

There is a reason why the name of that program is "Spyware Cease"....It ceased to be a spyware to infect your computer.

Good one.
Btw as notsograymatter said Spyware Cease is on CNET and i personally found in many trusted<<good>> websites.
Strange really very strange.

CNET= Company Not Everyone Trust
LOL I am in a joking mood.

 

[antharr]

I would not use it.

With that being said:

There is great debate on whether it is a rouge app or not. I haven't been able to find a definitive answer yet.

 

[Jacee]

Looks like an ad, not sponsored by CNET
spyware cleaner downloads - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

 

[Brian6121990]

Looks like an ad, not sponsored by CNET
spyware cleaner downloads - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

Like i said, CNET: Company Not Everyone Trust

 

[tw33k]

You're right Jacee, it is just an ad. Cnet are not responsible for the software people advertise

 

[Jacee]

They need to check the marketers that advertise on their website. If the program is malicious, then it needs to be taken off the site!

 

[tw33k]

They need to check the marketers that advertise on their website. If the program is malicious, then it needs to be taken off the site!

I agree that's what they should do, but they don't

 

[Corrine]

Hi, panais.

It might have made more sense to see what the reports at WOT are about the site before challenging the warning. The site is on the malwaredomains blacklist and in checking MVPS Hosts, http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt it has the following entry:

www.spywarecease.com #[FraudTool.Win32.SpywareCease.a]

 

[panais]

Hi, panais.

It might have made more sense to see what the reports at WOT are about the site before challenging the warning. The site is on the malwaredomains blacklist and in checking MVPS Hosts, http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt it has the following entry:

www.spywarecease.com #[FraudTool.Win32.SpywareCease.a]

wow!
They are hundreds maybe thousands websites there.

 

[Corrine]

Yes there are, panais, and each and every site is verified prior to any updates Mike makes to the Hosts File.

 

[malexous]

They need to check the marketers that advertise on their website. If the program is malicious, then it needs to be taken off the site!

A lot more needs to be done by many companies.

Malware delivered by Yahoo, Fox, Google ads | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

There's a bit of irony for you!

 

[HJA]

They need to check the marketers that advertise on their website. If the program is malicious, then it needs to be taken off the site!

A lot more needs to be done by many companies.

Malware delivered by Yahoo, Fox, Google ads | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

There's a bit of irony for you!

Interesting. That proves what I thought months ago. Yahoo would set off my anti virus and firewall every now and then so I stopped using them. Seems like nobody wants to take responsibility. Imagine that!:shock: