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StopGuard Cookie Information
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StopGuard |
| Category: |
Cookie |
| Advice: |
Remove |
| Risk: |
Low Risk
Low risk threats pose a very low risk or no immediate danger to your computer or your privacy, however these types of applications may profile user online habits, but only according to specific privacy policies stated in the applications End-User License. These types of threats generally borderline on being a threat to being a standard application that has a complex license agreement that you knowingly installed. |
| Description:
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Installs itself as a spyware cleaner but instead displays popup ads.
Reasons why StopGuard has been considered a spyware/adware threat:
1. StopGuard has a number of dubious corporate associations.
2. When installing and running the free scan, StopGuard produces a number of false positives used as way to force people into purchasing the software.
3. When StopGuard detects what it says is spyware or adware it does not tell you what it found, only offers to remove it. On a completely clean Windows XP computer it detected adware but did not state what it found.
4. StopGuard does not display or offers a privacy policy or EULA on the web site(s) or during or after installation.
5. Lastly, there is no uninstaller included and no means to remove the program.
The website, http://www.stopguard.com, offers a free scan and claims the product removes viruses, blocks pop ups (yet it seems to be advertised by pop ups), provides firewall protection, encrypts data, deletes and stops spyware. I would not trust a product marketed though pop ups and hijacking to protect me from those very things.
Other domains associated with StopGuard are genericscanner.com and vantagesoftware.com.
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