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Here's the site that ad on noscript.net takes you to: uniblue.com/cm/deletedcmunits/speedupmypc/spdeletedcmunits/download/?aff=3257&x-at=noscriptt1 After 4-5 cl

Here's the site that ad on noscript.net takes you to: uniblue.com/cm/deletedcmunits/speedupmypc/spdeletedcmunits/download/?aff=3257&x-at=noscriptt1 After 4-5 clicks, the exe finally downloaded. Seems like a lot of work to download malware doesn' it? So I downloaded the exe and uploaded it to Kaspersky's online scanner https://scan.kaspersky.com/Home/Result https://scan.kaspersky.com/Home/Result and it says the file is safe. It almost seems like he has an axe to grind or something. Maybe I'm just reading too much into such a terrible article, and it's just that though.

consto 10y ago
Upload to virus total, passing one scanner isn't enough.
- Vindicis 10y ago
  I did that, and, it seems that although it fails some virus scanners, it would be what I like to call a false positive. Just to link a description of what one of them found: https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2014-071815-0057-99&tabid=2 https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid... Basically it could be an unwanted application that "The application reports an exaggerated number of problems." Shitty software? Sure. Malware? Not to me. YMMV. Here's a screen shot of the ones it failed from that total scanner: https://i.imgur.com/vwy9sXY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vwy9sXY.jpg
  - deleted 10y ago
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  - 59nadir 10y ago
    It's funny that you mention axes to grind (hidden motives). It's exactly what I think when I read the apologist threads/posts like yours. To look at obviously shady behavior and start giving excuses for it just reeks of misguided fanboyism. If this were a bigger entity I'd assume you were all corporate astroturfers.
    - posterboy 10y ago
      Is that the old switcheroo you playing? No need to answer.
    - sctb 10y ago
      This is a disproportionate and unfair response, but whatever it is that our fellow users say, we don't make insulting accusations like “... reeks of misguided fanboyism.” Please don't comment like this here.
- anc84 10y ago
  Virus Total is not a one-way stop. It only does some detection, not comparable to actually executing the malware itself. No results do not mean clean!
tomashertus 10y ago
I tried with the https://www.metadefender.com https://www.metadefender.com and it is definitely malware - look at the whole result: https://www.metadefender.com/#!/results/file/e585b55af12e497e8f671d42fa837339/regular/analysis https://www.metadefender.com/#!/results/file/e585b55af12e497...
- josefx 10y ago
  > 3 / 42 > Only a few scan engines detected this file as a threat. If you think it might be a false positive, find out how to contact the engine vendor on our blog. That is one hell of a "definitely". The only specific entry has it as "Riskware/SpeedUpMyPC" which, after a quick google, states it is "unwanted software". Pro tip: if you don't want it, don't install it, NoScript certainly does not force or trick you to install it.

consto 10y ago

Upload to virus total, passing one scanner isn't enough.

Vindicis 10y ago
I did that, and, it seems that although it fails some virus scanners, it would be what I like to call a false positive. Just to link a description of what one of them found: https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2014-071815-0057-99&tabid=2 https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid... Basically it could be an unwanted application that "The application reports an exaggerated number of problems." Shitty software? Sure. Malware? Not to me. YMMV. Here's a screen shot of the ones it failed from that total scanner: https://i.imgur.com/vwy9sXY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vwy9sXY.jpg
- deleted 10y ago
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- 59nadir 10y ago
  It's funny that you mention axes to grind (hidden motives). It's exactly what I think when I read the apologist threads/posts like yours. To look at obviously shady behavior and start giving excuses for it just reeks of misguided fanboyism. If this were a bigger entity I'd assume you were all corporate astroturfers.
  - posterboy 10y ago
    Is that the old switcheroo you playing? No need to answer.
  - sctb 10y ago
    This is a disproportionate and unfair response, but whatever it is that our fellow users say, we don't make insulting accusations like “... reeks of misguided fanboyism.” Please don't comment like this here.
anc84 10y ago
Virus Total is not a one-way stop. It only does some detection, not comparable to actually executing the malware itself. No results do not mean clean!

tomashertus 10y ago

I tried with the https://www.metadefender.com https://www.metadefender.com and it is definitely malware - look at the whole result: https://www.metadefender.com/#!/results/file/e585b55af12e497e8f671d42fa837339/regular/analysis https://www.metadefender.com/#!/results/file/e585b55af12e497...

josefx 10y ago
> 3 / 42 > Only a few scan engines detected this file as a threat. If you think it might be a false positive, find out how to contact the engine vendor on our blog. That is one hell of a "definitely". The only specific entry has it as "Riskware/SpeedUpMyPC" which, after a quick google, states it is "unwanted software". Pro tip: if you don't want it, don't install it, NoScript certainly does not force or trick you to install it.