Adware companies should laugh at these 3 security vendors

Comodo, Webroot and ZoneLabs offers antivirus and antispyware products.  Their scanners have detections on some known adware.  Their product will suggest to user to remove the known adware.

How about the adware Mysearch (ask toolbar) installed by Webroot, ZoneLabs and Comodo? Will they detect their own add-on?

Funny strategy by IAC because they are aware it's being flagged but never cooperate to clean-up and the worst part, there are security vendors that adds "adware" to their (Webroot, Comodo, ZoneLabs) security product.
Their response? Just uninstall the toolbar or uncheck in the installation or configuration wizard. Will spyware and adware makers now have a good reason or can use that 'type' of response also? Programs with known spyware or adware will now laugh at these security programs because they will detect other program's adware or spyware but will not detect their toolbar that is known adware.

http://www.dozleng.com/updates/index.php?s=&showtopic=16661&view=findpost&p=80703

Published Fri, May 30 2008 6:26 by donna

Comments

Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:30 PM by Corrine

# re: Adware companies should laugh at these 3 security vendors

Worse, though, is a firewall vendor who suggests the users of their software turn off their anti-virus software.  

Saturday, June 14, 2008 1:13 PM by Snotty

# re: Adware companies should laugh at these 3 security vendors

Nice if that was true Corrine, but I do not think it has quite got to the stage where we can blame a vendor for the actions of one of their users. Or can we?

Sunday, June 15, 2008 2:10 PM by donna

# re: Adware companies should laugh at these 3 security vendors

It is true.

Their moderator posted that advise:

"NOTE: This "Toolbar" is being detected by various Anti-virus software as Adware/Malware *THIS IS A FALSE POSTIVE!!!*, There is NO Adware, Spyware etc in this Toolbar WHAT SO EVER. If you are having problems installing the Toolbar, turn off your AV if this is the case."

But they "moved" somewhere the post. It is publicly visible before:

forums.comodo.com/.../info_comodo_safesurf_toolbar-t23164.0.html

What they have now is: forums.comodo.com/.../comodo_safesurf_toolbar_info-t23708.0.html

Posted also by 3xist (which is their moderator before but now the account of 3xist is a guest)