Scan Guard

teedy23

Has anyone heard of this free download ? Just on my home page and saw an article about it. According to the article thousands of people are downloading it.

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teedy23 wrote: »

Has anyone heard of this free download ? Just on my home page and saw an article about it. According to the article thousands of people are downloading it.

Do you have a link to it?

John_Gray

Good grief - "an article" says that thousands of people are downloading some software?
It really must be good... :rotfl:

I suggest that anyone interested in this product does some research.
One of the articles which comes up is Can you trust ScanGuard?

Fightsback

I would avoid like a dose of the clap:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/628976/suspect-scangaurd-security-suite/

Cornucopia

Agree with that.

I installed it a couple of weeks ago, and it's quite a nice-looking PC health scanning app.

The issue is that it produces various warnings, but you have to subscribe to get them fixed. I declined to do that and uninstalled it. They've been spamming me every few days since then...

The emails aren't nasty, as such, just persistent.

Hi xxxx,

It’s nice to meet you, Lewis here, Sales Director at ScanGuard Antivirus.

Dean informed me that he had managed to secure an 80% Discount on your account, we very rarely offer our all-in-one security plan at this price, but we really would like to help you protect your digital devices, especially considering you still have unresolved threats on your PC.

I’m not sure if you know, but upgrading your account only takes a few minutes and you will have access to all of our premium antivirus features, giving you full protection for all of your devices, including your Tablet & Smartphone.

Here is the link again incase you need it, which has your exclusive discount token assigned to it:

Click Here for Your Discount

Feel free to contact either Dean or myself with questions, we are happy to help as always.

Best Regards,

AndyPix

SNAKEOIL of the highest order.
Along with ALL other registry boosters and memory enhancers ,wifi boosters etc etc etc


I would also suggest running Malwarebytes from here https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/thankyou/
(decline the option of the free trial of pro version)
if you are seeing spammy messages like that on your homepage then its likely you are riddled with malware


PS thousands of people will be wishing they hadn't downloaded it !!!

dggar

Can someone tell which is worse:-
Snake Oil of the Highest order
or
Snake Oil of the Lowest order.


I'm about to order a bulk delivery and I would hate to get the wrong stuff

pappa_golf

do not buy in bulk , buy individually packaged , sell better on ebay

Sicard

dggar wrote: »

Can someone tell which is worse:-
Snake Oil of the Highest order
or
Snake Oil of the Lowest order.


I'm about to order a bulk delivery and I would hate to get the wrong stuff

It's actually good for you http://www.livestrong.com/article/141602-what-are-benefits-snake-oil/

SnowTiger

teedy23 wrote: »

Has anyone heard of this free download ? Just on my home page and saw an article about it. According to the article thousands of people are downloading it.

Presumably an advert masquerading as a news article. They're quite common and also appear in newspapers and magazines.

AndyPix

dggar wrote: »

Can someone tell which is worse:-
Snake Oil of the Highest order
or
Snake Oil of the Lowest order.


I'm about to order a bulk delivery and I would hate to get the wrong stuff

Best to hedge your bets and go for medium order imho