[redoak]

Yesterday I did a 3.96 MB upgrade to the Aluria " Spyware Eliminator" program. Subsequently, I ran "Ad-Aware" and it found five (5) "threats" associated with Aluria. These were never found before in my weekly maintenance runs. I removed them, of course, but this morning I found many settings had been "messed with." Fortunately, there was a system Restore Point available prior to the Aluria download and installation, so I am running satisfactorily now.

Question: Is Aluria's "Spyware Eliminator" known to install adware/spyware?

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[TOGG]

That program isn't on the 'Rogue/Suspect' list here;http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

However, if you scroll down to 'Special cases' and 'Notes on U Control', you will see that the author does not recommend Aluria products because of their links with a dubious company.

[hewee]

Yea they turn around and joined up with a add company Aluria. Too bad a good program went bad.

[redoak]

Thanks for the responses. After posting yesterday, I did a Google search and came up with a number of links. One was for a "Wild Tangent" removal tool. "WT" is associated with the adware outfit Aluria is now packaging. I forgot to mention that "Spybot" found "WT" at the same time the Aluria references were found by Ad-aware. I believe my "Spyware Eliminator" program is OK so long as I do install the present upgrade suggestion, since I had no indication of problems before downloading that upgrade. {redoak}

[JohnWill]

I suspect you'll see more of this as Spyware gains in notoriety. What better way to slide some spyware in that to claim you're protecting the user against it?

[redoak]

CORRECTION: I meant to say "do NOT install" in my immediately previous post. Sorry for the typo!
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[redoak]

Thought I should close this thread with the report that Aluria has no respoinded to my complaint re their installing malware with their latest update. {redoak}