Watch out for fake un-installers

horazio · 30. Jan 2012, 05:58 PM

Sirs,
In case u didnt know, be aware that some uninstallers are just a cheap trick to inject malware.
I know cos the following sites:

perfectuninstaller, mightyuninstnaller, unistallgenius, freeuninstalltools and uninstallhelp.

Are offering uninstallers for some of my apps that are completely portable and dont even touch a single byte from the users' PC, so the fact that they are promoting such software is "shady".

stay frosty

Anupam · 30. Jan 2012, 06:34 PM

Thanks for the tip.

Anyone using WOT will see that the sites of these software are red rated, and therefore not safe for use.

eyeb · 30. Jan 2012, 10:57 PM

this has been around for a while, i just dont understand why people use them myself :S

all programs that you are installing should be easy to uninstall via window's uninstaller or it's own uninstaller... if either of these are unavaiable then I'd question the program itself and not use it :S

part of why i like portable apps "installed" on hdd, so I can press delete and its gone, easy to "uninstall"

MidnightCowboy · 31. Jan 2012, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anupam

Thanks for the tip.

Anyone using WOT will see that the sites of these software are red rated, and therefore not safe for use.

True, although sadly only applicable to a minority of users.

Anupam · 31. Jan 2012, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

True, although sadly only applicable to a minority of users.

Yeah, that's the sad part.

XweAponX · 03. Feb 2012, 08:37 PM

Watch out for those programs that are supposed to "Find Drivers" - Also, stuff from "UniBlue" - They try to bundle that stuff with IMGBURN now, and it's all bad!

30. Jan 2012, 05:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
horazio Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2	Watch out for fake un-installers Sirs, In case u didnt know, be aware that some uninstallers are just a cheap trick to inject malware. I know cos the following sites: perfectuninstaller, mightyuninstnaller, unistallgenius, freeuninstalltools and uninstallhelp. Are offering uninstallers for some of my apps that are completely portable and dont even touch a single byte from the users' PC, so the fact that they are promoting such software is "shady". stay frosty

30. Jan 2012, 06:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,484	Thanks for the tip. Anyone using WOT will see that the sites of these software are red rated, and therefore not safe for use. __________________ Anupam

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30. Jan 2012, 10:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
eyeb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Planet X Posts: 487	this has been around for a while, i just dont understand why people use them myself :S all programs that you are installing should be easy to uninstall via window's uninstaller or it's own uninstaller... if either of these are unavaiable then I'd question the program itself and not use it :S part of why i like portable apps "installed" on hdd, so I can press delete and its gone, easy to "uninstall"

03. Feb 2012, 08:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
XweAponX Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 3	Watch out for those programs that are supposed to "Find Drivers" - Also, stuff from "UniBlue" - They try to bundle that stuff with IMGBURN now, and it's all bad!