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December 14th, 2005, 01:36 PM
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SpySheriff spysheriff.com
spy-sheriff.com
spyware-cash.com
antispynow.com aggressive advertising, reported stealth-installs (1, 2); false positives work as goad to purchase; inadequate scan reporting; same app as SpyDemolisher, SpyTrooper, & SpywareNo [A: 6-1-05 / U: 6-1-05]
This is what Spyware Warrior says about spysheriff and other apps, you might want to bookmark this link for future reference before downloading programs that look flashy.
From Lavasoft:
Description:
SpywareNo! And SpySheriff claim to be antispyware solutions that offer free trials to the user that will detect content but not remove what is found (they also offer similar three day trial software that claims to remove the content discovered and shows that this was removed) before purchasing. Both applications detect and remove (as described) similar content that does not exist in an attempt to deceive the user into purchasing the software.
TAC (Threat Assessment Chart) Rating: 7.3* *Reported as a TAC of 7 in Ad-Aware
Behavior
- Program masks as doing one thing, but does another 1.8 points
As described, the software claims to be antispyware solutions that will detect and remove content discovered. The content detected is not present on the system and though they claim to uninstall the content detected (in the three day trial version) nothing is actually removed though the software claims that the removal was successful.
Lavasoft
Some more info on Spysheriff:
Sleazy
Ran your log over at Highjack Analyzer
It came back with some questionable content, but nothing overly serious.
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://g.msn.com/0SEENUS/SAOS01?FORM=TOOLBR
Internet Start Page
This is where you go when you first open IE. Should be something like google.com or iamnotageek.com if theres a site you don't know here clean this line!
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://g.msn.com/0SEENUS/SAOS01?FORM=TOOLBR
These (R1) can be removed/fixed it does give your "02's" a clean bill of health, down to user pref if you want these removed.
Best bet is to submit your log to either AUMHA
Tomcoyote
and have someone have a look at it, and they will be able to determine what you should or shouldn't remove.
Luck
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