Is Xoftspy still a rogue?

JB15426 · Feb 7, 2005

I've read that xoftspy is considered a rogue by some but I've also read they are cleaning up their act. I used it to remove some spyware recently and got good timely support from them (at least it seemed good). I am concerned about claims they report false spyware. I also have spyware x-terminator running also and xoftspy finds more spyware. I value your opinions.

Thanks

aLLiKZar · Feb 7, 2005

Eventhough the might be cleaning their act, I still dont trust them. Have you tried Adaware and Spybot? here is a review I found for xoftspy
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic.php?t=1154

Give it a look and then download Adaware and spybot and
give them a try.

chaslang · Feb 7, 2005

That review is rather old!

See http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#xos_note

Which now says:

Note on XoftSpy: XoftSpy was listed on this page because of concerns with false positives (1, 2, 3, 4), questionable license terms, and the use of aggressive, deceptive advertising (1, 2), including exploitation of the name "spybot" by affiliates. Earlier versions of XoftSpy were also Ad-aware knockoffs. (There was clone of XoftSpy named SpyBurn, but that application is no longer available.)
Over the past few months, XoftSpy has taken aggressive steps to reign in its affiliates (who were primarily responsible for the unsavory advertising), revised its license text, and released a new version of XoftSpy (version 4.0) that addresses our concerns with false positves. Given these changes we can no longer regard XoftSpy as "rogue/suspect" anti-spyware.
Click to expand...

But after how they started out and since there are many better programs out there (and some are free) why bother with it unless they can prove that they are much better then everyone else.

Log in or Sign up

Is Xoftspy still a rogue?

JB15426 Private E-2

aLLiKZar It's not too late to back out!

chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member