Avg

[mbossman2]

not sure if anyone has posted this yet or not...AVG 7.1 is slated to go disco in January, 7.5 is the latest and greatest.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/39791

[TrapperJohn]

I've seen other members advocate stop sign.
I think I've picked up a virus that AVG didn't catch.

Is Stopsign worth $100?

I'll gladly pay if it is, but if not.... ?

[glc]

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Note on eAcceleration Stop-Sign: eAcceleration's Stop-Sign anti-malware scanner was listed on this page primarily because of the company's history of employing deceptive advertising and drive-by-downloads (1, 2, 3, 4). The company was also known for removing and/or disabling competing apps. These objectionable business practices were employed primarily during the years 2002-2003.

Sometime during 2004 the company underwent reorganization. Not only have the worst of the company's download and installation practices been halted, but the company has completely overhauled its stub installer application, giving users much more control over the software modules to be installed on their systems (1, 2).

While testing indicates that the "threat scanner" is still slow and has occasional problems with false positives -- in large part because of the use of heuristics, which cannot be turned off by the user -- we can no longer classify this application as "rogue/suspect." Nonetheless, this anti-malware application -- at least in its current state -- cannot be recommended, given the many excellent competing anti-virus, anti-trojan, and anti-spyware applications that are available (some for free).

Domains: eacceleration.com, eanthology.net, stop-sign.com, veloz.com

(Note: other domains associated with this outfit include: accelerationsw.com, buttonware.com, buttonware.net, clicksales.com, downloadsales.com, homepageware.com, oodlz.com, signupsales.com, webcelerator.com) [A: 6-26-04 / U: 8-7-04]

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Bottom line? Don't even bother with Stopsign.

[Cricket]

I've seen other members advocate stop sign.
I think I've picked up a virus that AVG didn't catch.

Is Stopsign worth $100?

I'll gladly pay if it is, but if not.... ?I've never heard of Stop Sign and don't recall any member here mentioning it.

If you think your computer is infected with something try doing an on-line scan at Housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/).

:) Cricket

[kev7555]

I tested stopsign on one of my shop computers about a month back and spent hours trying to remove it.

I would not advise anyone to install a program who's originators have past connections to spyware/adware distributors.

It also came up with multiple false positives labeling legitimate programs as malware.

-Kev