![]() ![]() Therefore, please disregard the warning and use SpyHunter on that sacrificial system of yours. You were using a sacrificial system and the warning you got was based purely on reputation, not on any actual positive or negative knowledge of the product. Roll up, roll up, try the new Windows9 – it’s here already but they’ve called it Linux Mint 17 □Ĭhris, I’m not going to get into specifics about SpyHunter because for all anyone knows, I could rave about it because I’m a shill for Enigma Software or I could trash it because I’m a shill for a competitor or I could do both because I have a multiple personality disorder. Just to lighten up a little, but totally off topic: Today I’m working on two Win8.1 laptops (one of them only 25 days old) both of which have gone into a totally un-recoverable tailspin caused by leaving Windows updates to run automatically. I really would give some careful thought to using any scanner that is not on Clint’s list. I regularly have to use it to rescue other people’s infected hard drives but I can’t remember the last time I got anything worse than some mild Open Candy – and believe me my research takes me to places I would not wish on my worst enemy! I have a whole bank of different scanners to call on if required but these days I find them total overkill for all but the most extreme circumstances. All I now use to protect it is Avast Antivirus, Comodo Firewall and Malewarebytes – with HJT and Killbox in the reserve armoury. My personal system has 158 programs installed and my last OS re-install was 3 years ago. Such a weight of disapproval was good enough warning for me – very reasonable evidence of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The link below reveals dozens of negative comments about their products being bogus. On going to the Enigma Software website, my WOT (Web of Trust) addon in Firefox instantly blocked the page with a red alert warning of ‘This site has a poor reputation based on user ratings’. Last night I set out to install SpyHunter on a sacrificial system just to see what some of the respected scanners made of it. You may be interested to read this article below, and the victim’s comments thread, which includes a threatening rebuttal from Enigma Software. ![]() Even when the user has made the mistake of paying for it, all that really happens is that they still keep on doing the bad stuff but in a less visible way. In my work I see bogus ‘Maleware Scanners’ everyday and I’ve never seen one that is not doing real bad stuff against you. Others have pointed out that SpyHunter is probably the source of the infections that it is ‘dealing with’. Several commentators have reported Trojan lines in SpyHunter’s code. Just because a bogus scanner claims to have got rid of something does not mean it actually has, nor that it is not doing other nefarious stuff in the background. I can only agree with Clint, in future get a product listed on the link in his post – I personally recommend the free version of Malewarebytes for all but the very worst.Īnd I’m sorry wdorothy, there is wide consensus, on numerous security sites, that SpyHunter (Enigma Software) is bogus. I have recommended SH4 to others who have had similar positive TrendMicro, and SuperAntiSpyware could not fix or even identify. Infected computers that Kaspersky, McAfee, MSSecurity, MalwareBytes, For me, it has easily fixed problems with Saved me from having to wipe four HDs and do clean reinstalls on myĬomputer and three computers of family members! I use SH4Īs an “on demand” tool. Opinion, SH4 is the real deal and is not a scam. SH4 is especially good at dealing with rootkits. Scans with these softwares, as well as MalwareBytes, did not resolve the issues. Registered versions of McAfee, Kaspersky, MSSecurityEssentials. Machines of family members, who’s computers were protected by full ![]() Since then I have used SH4 on badly infected SH4 removed the rootkit instantly and returned my No help in fixing the issue: SuperAntiSpyware, MalwareBytes, Mcafee, The following, all run in safe mode, were Took place after I acquired a nasty rootkit that hijackedĮverything on my Win7 machine. I purchased it afterĭoing some considerable research. I have used SpyHunter4 for 2.5 years now. ![]()
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