Roadblock
07-12-2004, 01:12 PM
Source: PCPitstop (www.pcpitstop.com) Newsletter
Bad news: Unscrupulous companies are taking advantage of public spyware fears and creating anti spyware products that don't work well, or may even contain spyware of their own. Another trick these scammers use is to SELL you a copy of a freeware or shareware product. We've seen several of these scams being operated through Google Adwords, using keywords that try to convince you they are related to products such as Ad-Aware or Spybot Search & Destroy. Our advice is to only download software from a trusted source. For help on fighting spyware and more legit sources for spyware tools, check out our forums (http://support.pcpitstop.com/).
Bad news: Unscrupulous companies are taking advantage of public spyware fears and creating anti spyware products that don't work well, or may even contain spyware of their own. Another trick these scammers use is to SELL you a copy of a freeware or shareware product. We've seen several of these scams being operated through Google Adwords, using keywords that try to convince you they are related to products such as Ad-Aware or Spybot Search & Destroy. Our advice is to only download software from a trusted source. For help on fighting spyware and more legit sources for spyware tools, check out our forums (http://support.pcpitstop.com/).