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    • jpvip on Fri 02 Oct 2009
    • 05:31:44 AM UTC

    2-spyware.com

    I have seemed to always have a problem with 2-spyware.com.

    My reasons for not liking the site:

    • HijackThis log analyzer service. I never recommend these, because they are inaccurate. It takes a malware removal specialist or expert to distinguish what is bad and what is good. Malware is constantly evolving and it takes an expert or specialist who is up-to-date on the latest trends. Malware is getting harder to remove these days, and is looking ugly. No need to have a service that can break a PC. The log analyzer is not a good idea.
    • For all the removal advice, they seem to OVER-peddle Spyware Doctor. Then, for most others, they list Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware twice as a secondary removal entry. What is the point of that?
    • Other opinion on the site is not good: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/2-spyware.com -- the popup when you try to leave the site is pressing buttons, and causes unnecessary behavior including site redirect.
    • Most of the files they give guide to manually remove, do not have the full file path. What is the point of that? Did they do the research for themselves, or not?
    • Advice on some of the more dangerous infections is inaccurate, and you cannot use Spyware Doctor to remove. They need to get real on what true removal advice is. "Our mission is to help you to get rid of virtually any parasite that your computer might be infected with." This phrase is FALSE HOPE!

    My reasons to find it is not bad/malicious:

    • Does not give advice to remove good software.
    • Does not promote malicious software.
    • Seems it is for a good cause.

    I would recommend a Yellow rating for:
    2-spyware.com

    Because it seems to give removal advice on bad software only (and not advice to remove good software), but still seems like an ill-service.

    Red for its IP range/sites in range, whom distributes malware:
    209.85.23.83
    2-files.com
    209.85.23.210
    impulseleads.com
    noadware.biz
    visit-link.com

    ~DragonMaster Jay - Malware Analyst - admin of Advanced Malware Analysts. http://www.helpmyos.com

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    • g7w on Fri 02 Oct 2009
    • 05:47:05 AM UTC

    they seem to OVER-peddle Spyware Doctor

    Because pctools offers a substantial affiliate "kickback."

    Because it seems to give removal advice on bad software only (and not advice to remove good software)
    Maybe because the website is named 2-spyware and not 2-software, inferring "bad software"

    I agree with you to a point.
    Anyone claiming pctools to be better than MBAM has one motive, profit - this is not honest reviewing, but it's not "dishonest" either since a review, like a Scorecard comment, is an opinion.

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