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Spyeraser by Uniblue

Jul 9, 2007 5:40AM PDT

is Spyeraser by Uniblue a safe site to use?? is it good software?? and then is it worth while registering with them to use their spyeraser or are they just using scare tactics to try to sell??

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Legit? Yes. Worth it? Well...
Jul 9, 2007 7:51AM PDT

It is indeed a legitimate product/website and it's safe to use. However, I would say they took some liberties with stating that 90% of all computers are infected with spyware and 88% of all computers are infected by a new piece of spyware every 24 hours. I suspect they are including tracking cookies (generally harmless and accrued by visiting most websites, including Cnet) in that category to bolster the numbers. That aside, while it's a good product I would suggest AVG Antispyware instead, a freeware alternative I highly respect. Ewido, combined with Spybot S&D and your current antivirus scanner, is a nice team that should keep you clean. Simply put, why pay for protection when you can be comparably protected for free?

Hope this helps,
John

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Windows Live One Care
Jul 9, 2007 12:53PM PDT

What's the thinking on Lice One Care??

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What do I think?
Jul 9, 2007 1:01PM PDT

Microsoft is juggling too many balls here. I remember their prior AV efforts and today they don't count Alexa as spyware. On this one point alone I pan Windows Live One Care.

Just ask Google.com Is Alexa spyware? to find the story here.

If Microsoft is giving Alexa a free pass, what else do they let go undetected?

Bob

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Ditto...
Jul 9, 2007 2:37PM PDT

When the Microsoft developers on the project admit One Care was flawed and should not have been released when it was you know there are major problems. As it is it's one of the lowest-rated offerings based on its inability to catch malware that McAfee, Norton, NOD32, TrendMicro, Computer Associates, and others find readily. It's a nice bundle and may be a solid performer down the road, but at this time I wouldn't recommend it.

John

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Spyeraser by Uniblue
Jul 10, 2007 11:50PM PDT

I tried Uniblue Spyeraser free scanner and I was absolutely not satisfied with it because it gave me too many false positives.
It said that I had 12 infected registry entries.
Actually these things were not infected but blocked by two other anty-spyware programs (webroot spysweeper and spyware blaster) which I know I can trust.

I checked the registry and saw that these entries were marked to have values 0x00000004 (4) which means that the things are blocked in the computer (some internet pages which may require installing dangerous active x contents or put some tracking cookies into your pc).

These entries are to protect my pc and if I removed them I did not have any protection against that internet stuff at all.

Somewhy Spyeraser told that these entries were infected but did not warn me of other entries which also prevent from installing some dangerous software. So I would not suggest spyeraser.

I'd also suggest you to read a review about Spyeraser at
http://www.soft4windows.com/?p=828