Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
The Spyware Warrior has a roundup of “rough/suspect” anti-spyware programs which use unknown, questionable, or offer dubious value as anti-spyware protection.
Some of the products listed on this page simply do not provide proven, reliable anti-spyware protection or may be prone to ridiculous false positives. Others may use unfair, deceptive, high pressure sales tactics to scare up sales from gullible, confused users. A very few of these products are either associated with known distributors of spyware/adware or have been known to install spyware/adware themselves.
This page is updated frequently. Most recent additions include
- Ultimate Defender (3-1-06)
- SpyShield (2-24-06)
- SpyAdvanced (2-23-06)
- Spyware Remover (2-14-06)
- Adware Sheriff (2-14-06)
- SpyFalcon (2-14-06)
- SpyReaper (2-14-06)
- Spyware & Adware Removal (2-14-06)
- The Spyware Shield (2-14-06)
- VirusGuard (2-3-06)
- Spyware Sledgehammer (2-3-06)
- Scan & Repair Utilities 2006 (1-19-06)
- PestTrap (1-18-06)
- Spyware-Stop (1-16-06)
- 1stAntiVirus (1-14-06)
- AlfaCleaner (1-14-06)
- Anti Virus Pro (1-14-06)
- SpyContra (1-14-06)
- SpyDeface (1-14-06)
- WinAntiSpy 2005 (1-9-06)
- SpywareStrike (1-5-06)
- True Sword (1-3-06)
- Safe & Clean (Scan & Clean) (1-2-06)
Total applications listed: 271
