Latest updater reported as Spyware!

[Dave, G4AON]

For some reason my Spysweeper reports the latest updater (1.0.11.19) as
trying to install the adware program "Give4Free". It may be a false
positive and a problem with the anti-spyware program rather than
Elecraft software. Anyone else getting a similar problem?

73 Dave, G4AON
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[Greg - AB7R]

I renewed my subscription and updated Spysweeper today before doing an
update.  It did block it but only because it was set to block exe files.  I
went into the setup in Spysweeper to ask first instead of auto blocking.
When I ran setup again Spysweeper asked as it should and it ran just fine.

73
Greg
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Subject: [Elecraft] Latest updater reported as Spyware!


For some reason my Spysweeper reports the latest updater (1.0.11.19) as
trying to install the adware program "Give4Free". It may be a false
positive and a problem with the anti-spyware program rather than
Elecraft software. Anyone else getting a similar problem?

73 Dave, G4AON
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[Julian, G4ILO]

On Nov 21, 2007 6:22 AM, Greg <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I renewed my subscription and updated Spysweeper today before doing an
> update.  It did block it but only because it was set to block exe files.  I
> went into the setup in Spysweeper to ask first instead of auto blocking.
> When I ran setup again Spysweeper asked as it should and it ran just fine.
>

Whenever you receive an unexpected warning that a file contains a
virus or spyware, upload it to www.virustotal.com. False alarms are an
unfortunate fact of life, but this site scans uploads using more than
a dozen different scanners to give you a consensus of opinion as to
whether it's harmful.
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[dj7mgq]

FYI: Here at work neither "Spybot - Search & Destroy" nor "Trend Micro" reported
any problems.

vy 73 de toby
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[Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU]

For Windows users who don't currently run a Spyware detector but are
considering doing so now after being alerted by this discussion, please
be careful when picking one as there are many "free download" programs
which claim to be spyware checkers and have lookalike names similar the
ones discussed, but are in fact themselves spyware, trojan horses, or
other malware.

Leigh/WA5ZNU

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 4:07 am, [hidden email] wrote:
> FYI: Here at work neither "Spybot - Search & Destroy" nor "Trend Micro"
> reported
> any problems.
>
> vy 73 de toby
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[N5GE]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:24:44 -0800, you wrote:

Amen.  Good comment!

>For Windows users who don't currently run a Spyware detector but are
>considering doing so now after being alerted by this discussion, please
>be careful when picking one as there are many "free download" programs
>which claim to be spyware checkers and have lookalike names similar the
>ones discussed, but are in fact themselves spyware, trojan horses, or
>other malware.
>
>Leigh/WA5ZNU
>
>On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 4:07 am, [hidden email] wrote:
>> FYI: Here at work neither "Spybot - Search & Destroy" nor "Trend Micro"
>> reported
>> any problems.
>>
>> vy 73 de toby
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[Julian, G4ILO]

On Nov 21, 2007 3:24 PM, Leigh L Klotz, Jr. <[hidden email]> wrote:
> For Windows users who don't currently run a Spyware detector but are
> considering doing so now after being alerted by this discussion, please
> be careful when picking one as there are many "free download" programs
> which claim to be spyware checkers and have lookalike names similar the
> ones discussed, but are in fact themselves spyware, trojan horses, or
> other malware.
>

Or they may use false alarms as a way to goad you into purchasing.
Here's an article I wrote on the subject:
http://www.tech-pro.net/howto-buy-antispyware.html .
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[Ken Kopp]

No problem here with Norton, Ad-Aware or Spybot

Ken Kopp - K0PP
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