What the hell...pt. 2

[FlooredAccord]

Originally posted by blind34_1
Do you know this for a fact, or are you guessing that by the name "Spybot" it actually is a spybot? the terms spyware and spybots are used interchangably by some people.

As I understand, spybot s&d is a legit program, with no fun little "extras" like some programs like to sneak by you (ahem..gator).

Considering the huge amount of reviews and support for the program, somebody would have picked up on any strange activity by now. and also no other spyware detection tools redflag spybot s&d as a threat.

Sadly, I am a computer technician, and I know for a fact it installs 3 pieces of adware upon it's own installation. How do you think spybot is available for free? It's free because there are built in advertisments, and although it will remove adware, spyare and the likes, it will not remove the ads it installs itself. Ad-Aware is developed by lavasoft, and they get their money from the full versions of Ad-Aware.(Ad-Aware can come with a realtime monitoring agent, but you have to pay for it) Spybot would not be redflagged by other removal managers because it does not use activeX controls like adware, malware, spyware, and data miners. It is just another application. Some adware can only be removed manually in safe mode.