Cyberdefender

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by ajcstr, Jul 7, 2011.

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  1. ajcstr

    ajcstr Registered Member

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    A friend of mine purchased Cyberdefender from one of those TV ads. Is this software legit? I see horrible reviews and I see great reviews. I realize it is overpriced but is it actually rogue software?
     
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    Web of Trust gives it a poor to very poor rating.
     
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  3. ajcstr

    ajcstr Registered Member

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    what is Web of Trust? I am not familiar with it.
     
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    Web of Trust is a program/add on that lets you know if sites are safe from spyware/phishing/adult content etc. Cyberdefender got a red rating for phishing/scamming. http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/cyberdefender.com It is a rogue program and only shows fake infections in order to scam people out of their money.
     
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    it is legit and light. I have seen it working fine in a laptop and my friend had no issues for a long time. But it used to have a very bad reputation whatsoever about being rogue or something. I would not use it though. There are planty others to use with much better reputation and abilities
     
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  6. LoneWolf

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    CyberDefender owns both MyCleanPC + DoubleMySpeed which are both scams.
    Personally I do not trust them.
     
    LoneWolf, Jul 7, 2011
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  7. EliteKiller

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    After running MyCleanPC my desktop is 200% faster! o_O :thumbd:
     
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    That pretty much says it all. I won't touch any of that with a ten foot pole.
     
    cm1971, Jul 7, 2011
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  9. sbcc

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    Not even with a 49 and a half foot pole. :cool:
     
    sbcc, Jul 8, 2011
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