eTrust EZ Antivirus 2005 and PestPatrol Anti-Spyware 2005 for FREE

Read my thread and you know the answer

 

That's what I was aiming for, so I'm glad to see it shows.. thanks!

 

Well P2P apps are no false positive because all antispyware programs detect them like this. Donno the reason for this though...

 

Pestpatrol was and is always very strong in detecting "Riskware", like you already explained for that reason it are no FP's.

Have tried Pestpatrol v5 this morning on one of my test-machines, have put some keyloggers on the machine, P2P-programs, keygenerators/cracks and password-recovery programs.

Results: Pestpatrol found them all!
For sure all of the discovered items were no false positives, but 'cause it's Riskware, Pestpatrol V5 paid attention to it like the old versions did too.

What is the lesson?

ALWAYS make a backup BEFORE removing found items, but this concerns not only items found by Pestpatrol, it should be done with all items found by other products like SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, BoClean etc. etc..

For an "expert" the found items are no problem at all.
For the "normal" user it could be a problem, they are removing found items which are not really "pests" but like you said category "Riskware".

Like Nick explained: when a user is not sure for 100% what to do with found "pests", he should always ask advice to "experts" before removing anything.

BTW: there is on this planet no anti-spyware or anti-virus program FP-free, therefore precautions before removing anything are always very important.

 

So now I'm finally home I tried PestPatrol in a virtual machine (I know EZ Antivirus very well already, so no need to test it out again...). Personally I was quite impressed with it. I would never buy it, since we have free alternatives (Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy). But with this free license it'll be on my computer this year. Please notice that it found no false positives on my computer (also it didn't report my p2p programs: BitComet and eMule).

 

A happy and satisfied customer is the best customer

 

Excellent find. I've always regarded PestPatrol as one of the better anti-ad/spy/malware programs...superior than the usual freebies IMO.

 

It's a sad day for eTrust....

When I see the hits on my thread, and I may assume that almost everybody has downloaded Pestpatrol V5 1 year Free Licensed, this cost them a lot of revenues

$29 x ? downloads = $?

 

I'm getting a 'server error' when I try. Did so last night.

Anybody else seeing this?

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Ian

 

Have tried to download the stuff right now, and no problems at all....

 

I get server error also . My guess is this is only available in the northern hemisphere. Have you tried hitman pro . Its free and only on demand. a collection of the best anti spyware all customised into one.
If you want the ez anti virus they give a free one year thru microsoft ( you proberbly new that any way.

 

Yep, wrong part of town.

G'day Candle
G'night Smokey

Ian

 

I'm able to get the download....I'm in South Asia....

 

yea true but you are still 20 to 30 degrees above the equator . Thats still in the top half of the egg

 

nice find, Smokey , might use it for someone else.

A question, however: must we activate it before the 11.1.05 timebar, once installed, or is it just for the download?

 

What me is told, is you have to download it before 11-1-2005, but I'm not complete sure what is really the truth so don't ask me.....

 

It's an offer from eTrust in conjunction with Micro$oft

 

Re: eTrust EZ Antivirus 2005 and Pest Patrol Anti-Spyware 2005 for FREE

Indeed.
I have IE-Spyad installed which causes Pestpatrol to give this false positive:
Network1.Popups in "...\internet settings\zonemap\domains\popuppers.com" and "...\domains\media-motor.net"

I have also ATI Catalyst & Control Center which gives this false positive:
CWS.LoadAdv.400 in"...\clsid\ {5e2121ee-0300-11d4-8d3b-444553540000}

 

Nice find, Smokey

 

Actually I was just looking at a computer catalog, and they are giving away their entire suite for free after mail-in rebates.

 

Never mind.

 

Today I received an eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemail from eTrust Germany:


Short translation, the original eeeeeeeeeeeeeeemail is in german language:


The good news: "it is not necessary to install/activate the 2 programs before 11-1-2005, just install it when you decide to use it, on the moment the program is installed the 1 year license is count-down".

The bad news: I got no answer on my question, ´till what date the downloadlink will be available.


My advise: download the 2 programs as fast as possible.


Take care,

Smokey

 

I downloaded both from the link provided but when I installed the antivirus it showed up as German (did not recognize my PC as English). Is there a link to an English version?