Hi to all.
While I cannot vouch for spypc (I have never used the program), I can, at
least, vouch for the senders of the message I'm forwarding. Roy is a
computer systems analyst at Arizona State University (we see him where I
work all the time), and I suspect that Jack Serrat is his boss (though Terri
Hedgepeth who also works at ASU is on this list and can correct me if I'm
wrong).
To all, take care.
Ted Chittenden
>From: Roy Piechocki <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "DL.ORG.VPSA.SL" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: FW: Caution about anti spyware UnSpyPC
>Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:32:21 -0700
>
>F.Y.I.
>
>This may be useful information for anyone that owns or uses a computer.
>
>_____________________________________________
>From: Jack Sarrett
>Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 11:26 AM
>To: DL.WG.UUI.ComputingSupport
>Subject: Caution about anti spyware UnSpyPC
>
>"Warning over rogue anti-spyware app
>
>A rogue anti-spyware application is falsely identifying popular security
>products and file system tools as spyware. Security firm SurfControl
>advises users not to touch the application, UnSpyPC, with a barge pole.
>
>False-positive reporting is hardly unknown across many supposed
>anti-spyware applications, as SurfControl notes, but this case is
>particularly severe since UnSpyPC could disable critical security and
>business applications.
>
>'Rogue Anti-Spyware products can be seemingly professional branded
>products, often having a well-designed website with little or no
>information available to a user to indicate the malicious intent of a
>rogue anti-spyware application,' said Susan Larson, VP of SurfControl's
>Adaptive Threat Intelligence service. 'Rogue anti-spyware can perform
>fake scans across a user's machine and report legitimate applications as
>spyware files. If a user takes the recommendations, there is real
>potential of the user deleting their anti-virus and anti-spyware
>applications. These rogue programs can also deliver malcode directly to
>the user's machine.'
>
>Programs that were falsely identified as spyware by UnSpyPC include an
>anti-virus tool, a well known anti-spyware application, and a system
>management tool. SurfControl has added detection for UnSpyPC, which it
>identifies as malicious code, to its security products. We submitted a
>request for UnSpyPC to comment on SurfControl's criticism via its
>download site on Thursday. At the time of writing, we've received no
>response."
>
>The original article can be found at:
>http://www.theregister.com/2006/04/07/unspypc/
>
>
>Jack Sarrett
>Systems Analyst
>Undergraduate Initiatives Technical Support
>Arizona State University
>Tempe, Arizona
>(480) 965-9329
>
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