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Old 01-15-2008, 11:00 PM  
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Originally Posted by Weber View Post
Spyware and adware are different things. This is adware.
Spysheriff, Smitfraud variants are not just adware. They definitely show some ads alright, but you shouldn't forget to mention that they are also backdoors to hell.
A google search for spysheriff gives ~1.2 million results, and mostly on how to remove that scumware you call adware.
A Google search for malwarealarm gives 162,000 results, again mostly on how to get rid of the trojans that come with your junk.
Google always blocks innocent adware apps.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...spysheriff.com

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...d+malwarealarm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...aud+spysheriff
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Domain History
Domain: spysheriff.com -
Cache Date: 2006-01-09
Registrar: CRITICAL INTERNET, INC.

Domain: malwarealarm.com - Domain History
Cache Date: 2006-05-16
Registrar: ESTDOMAINS, INC

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