My Free Antivirus-what kind of a stranger is it?

[Windfresh]

Hi all!


While browsing via Freewarefiles.com (http://www.freewarefiles.com/My-Free-Antivirus_program_45518.html) I run into this unknown antivirus - My Free Antivirus 2.0 (http://smartpctools.com/free_antivirus/).

Never heard of it before. Freewarefiles.com (http://www.freewarefiles.com/)seems to be a clean and respected site, so it is not meant to be a rogue software. Will anybody clarify the matter and tell me and us what this software is in reality?

Thanks all for the future information!

[pugmug]

I have not used it as it has only been out to the public for 5 days.They say they have all these awards, http://smartpctools.com/awards.html and ask for your name and e-mail.Do you feel lucky and want to try it out?If so then let us know what you think about it.I will leave it alone for a while myself.

[midway40]

Those "awards" are bogus. I read where someone took a text file, changed the extension to .exe, submitted it and won some of those "awards" ::)

[wtsinnc]

It appears to be a descendant of the VCOM antivirus application; same company with a new GUI styled to resemble the Avira.

Like pugmug, I'll wait before trying this one out.

[pandlouk]

-{ Quote: "Hi all!


While browsing via Freewarefiles.com (http://www.freewarefiles.com/My-Free-Antivirus_program_45518.html) I run into this unknown antivirus - My Free Antivirus 2.0 (http://smartpctools.com/free_antivirus/).

Never heard of it before. Freewarefiles.com (http://www.freewarefiles.com/)seems to be a clean and respected site, so it is not meant to be a rogue software. Will anybody clarify the matter and tell me and us what this software is in reality?

Thanks all for the future information!" }-
I just gave it a try.

It is ok, no rogue software. It will give you 1-2 pubblicity popups the first time you run it, but you have the choice to select "Do not show this window again".

It uses the NictaTech Software engine and database (http://www.nictasoft.com/).

Panagiotis