counterspy

I have not used it myself but I have heard some good things about it. It is available on MG's for download: CounterSpy This is a 15 day trial.

 

It is sometimes a matter of personal choice as to what some programs consider malware and others do not.

And then sometimes, it is also a matter of what they know about and what they have programmed into there detections list.

Just like so many programs spend lots of time telling you about MRUs and Cookies which are not really problems in most cases. But that is a personal choice on the end user's part.

Are you sure it came with your Nikon software?

 

I'm not saying it is impossible but it would not do to much for Nikon's image to send out malware infested software. But again, what we all consider malware, many companies do not. For example, look how many use Backweb. Also look at how many (like AOL) put WildTangent on you PC. And there are many more. I'm not saying I agree with it, all I'm saying is for some items, there can be considerable debate on what is good and what is bad.

A couple of things that push my buttons and that makes me consider things malware:
- anything installed covertly (Viewpoint Manager, WildTangent and many more)
- anything from any company that does not have a proper full easily run uninstall that actually works.

 

That's true too. But at least if you delete the folder, it does not recreate itself.