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Attention affiliates - Are you promoting bad antispyware program?

Today, more and more new antispyware programs are created. Some are good products, come from reputable company, such as Trend Micro antispyware or maybe Webroot Spy Sweeper. However, new companies in this industry creates products called rogue antispyware.

These are bad antispyware products - they use certain tricks in their trial version to force users to buy their product. The most common way is by using false positive technique. That is by saying the computer is infected, even tough the system is perfectly clean. Worst of all, these malicious antispyware even install trojan horse in victims’ computer - in order to remove that, victim must purchase the license.

What raise my concern, is that such programs is on the rise. Over two hundreds suspected programs, and still counting. So, how do these companies spread their malicious programs to the world? You can guess it - one easy way is by using affiliate marketing. That’s how they can market these programs to thousands victims worldwide.

Actually, there’s nothing wrong earning money from affiliate program. If you’re a spyware specialist, or perhaps had years of experience cleaning infected computer, promoting antispyware programs would give a chance to earn money from your talent and knowledge. I also earning money by promoting antispyware programs. However, my advice is simple - watch what you’re promoting. Log on to spyware warrior rogue antispyware list - http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm and see if the program that you’re going to promote is inside the suspected list.

Some of spyware remover program that was in the list, is removed from the list (delisted), after certain correction is made and that apps is no longer shows false positive scan result.

The best spyware remover program - how to find it.

Today, keeping your computer safe becomes is a big challenge. More threat is created. Long time ago, before the internet takes over the world, virus threat is feared among computer users. But now, since all computer are connected to the internet, the threat is getting more complicated and it spread faster. Today, not only virus, we also got trojan Horse, worms, keylogger, spam and spyware.

The question now, how can we handle all these threat? To counter the virus threat, lots of labs are dedicated to create anti-virus software. Hence, to fight back the spyware threat, it is important to install a good anti-spyware.

However, as you can see, today, there are lots of anti-spyware programs. Which one is the best? Which one give the protection and removal that you need? Most importantly, some of these programs are fake. How can you differentiate between the good and the bad ones?

Well, to find a good anti-spyware, you must take certain factors into consideration. First of all, the effectiveness. An effective anti-spyware program must have lots of spyware in the definition. Then, it must be updated at least once per day. Most importantly, the support must be excellent. Yes, without a good support from the publisher, even the best spyware remover program can’t guarantee that your computer is 100% clean. Good support team will help you, and will clean your computer, in case you got serious spyware problem.

Then, one more thing to be considered is the protection level. Some spyware remover only care about removal part, but not the protection part. Some of them only block unwanted objects in Internet Explorer. A good anti-spyware must be able to defend you registry itself. Why? Because registry is the main target of most malware. Any hijacker that is going to change your Internet Explorer homepage, must access the registry first. Any spyware that wants to run on Windows Startup also must access the registry. Adware that wants to install toolbar on your browser will have to access registry. In short, find an anti-spyware program that guard your registry. There could be lots of program, but too little that provide registry guard.

There are lots of fake or rogue spyware remover program today. Some of them trick users by saying that your computer is infected, some of them even install trojan, in order to make users buy their product. How to avoid these fake apps? One simple thing - see the certification. Like Better Business Bureau (BB Online) Badge. Or perhaps high rating from a reputable lab, such as CNet or Tucows.

One more thing, your program must be user friendly. The interface must be neat and easy to navigate. The program must be easy to load. It also must not create conflict with your anti-virus software. Also, don’t install a program that slows down your system.

In summary, a good anti-spyware program must have good support, daily update, have a good rating from popular labs, guard system registry and must be user friendly. Is there any spyware remover program that has such features? Is there any company that create almost perfect anti-spyware program? There is. It is Sunbelt CounterSpy. It has daily update, good support and highly rated by CNet and Tucows lab. Also, the interface is user friendly and it won’t slow down your system. What I like most about this program, is the Active Protection will guard both registry and IE browser.

In short, if you’re looking for an anti-spyware product, you should try CounterSpy.

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