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 Feb 18 2009, 09:38 PM
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QUOTE Site is promoting scam & useless products such as Stopzilla & Registry Boost (Uniblue).  SmitFraudFix.exe seems to be infected by something... http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/bleepingcomputer.com -------------------- Avira AntiVir Personal | COMODO Firewall | Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware | SpywareBlaster | WOT "There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called present." |
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Feb 18 2009, 10:19 PM
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Indecisive Lurker Group: Members Posts: 1,272 Joined: 14-February 08 From: A galaxy far, far away... Member No.: 190,231 |
1. The reviewer is more than likely a troll
2. The smitfraudfix thing is probably just a false positive on their end. Correct me if I'm wrong on both accounts. -------------------- Posting lurker of bleepingcomputer.com
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Feb 19 2009, 05:36 AM
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 Bleepin' Psychopomp Group: Members Posts: 1,385 Joined: 21-February 08 From: UK Member No.: 191,594 |
I see Grinler has already posted at the site and has already been been in contact with Siteadvisor regarding the false postives.
It's expecetd that some of the tools used here at BC will give warnings, they can after all be used by the dark side 
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Feb 19 2009, 08:53 AM
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 Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 27,717 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
You can never please everyone. Obviously by their statement, they cannot tell the difference between an ad (Stopzilla) and the tools we offer
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Feb 19 2009, 04:40 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 851 Joined: 6-August 08 From: Canada Member No.: 228,067 |
QUOTE(scff249 @ Feb 18 2009, 10:19 PM)  1. The reviewer is more than likely a troll Probably not since he/she has a review score (probably not the trust score) of 9/9. -------------------- Avira AntiVir Personal | COMODO Firewall | Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware | SpywareBlaster | WOT "There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called present." |
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| Jay-P VIP |
Feb 24 2009, 11:12 PM
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It is so surprising, because the WOT Rating for Bleeping Computer shows no errors or any bad reports.
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Mar 8 2009, 01:39 PM
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QUOTE(Jay-P VIP @ Feb 25 2009, 12:12 AM) It is so surprising, because the WOT Rating for Bleeping Computer shows no errors or any bad reports. The WOT score is 5 stars on all 4 categories. And people get those 9/9 scores by "reviewing" many sites. They're analysis is not always correct.. -------------------- Who said I couldn't have everything?
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| Jay-P VIP |
Mar 8 2009, 07:31 PM
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You would be surprised Swordie on how little one review can do to a rating system. Keep in mind the rating system is based on algorithms.
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| fuzzywuzzy6 |
Mar 8 2009, 07:41 PM
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I took Amazing Andrew's advice that he offered in the Wikipedia article topic, logged out, and viewed the ads. They are very unintrusive and do not appear in conjunction with endorsements or ratings of any kind. They do not appear throughout the site, but all in one place. If they were to be interspersed with forum topics such as "Am I infected?", "What are the best firewalls?", etc., it would be an entirely different matter.
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