Xoftspy - Anyone use this?

Unluckyalf · 4 Nov 2006 at 08:38

Hi all. I just had a friend bring her laptop over when she said she had a virus on her pc.
Apparently is detected Win32.Rbot when she updated to the latest version of Xoftspy (trial) but nothing else seems to find it. I tried Search&Destroy (which found an antivirus disabler) and the Trend online scan, along with the Trend Anitvirus that was installed on the laptop. Nothing comes up.
Also, there seems to be a file running in the C:/Windows/temp folder that you cant delete till you kill it off in the Taskmanager, then it disappears of its own accord. Once the pc is rebooted however, the file returns under another name.
After various searches on the net, this detected virus bears none of the hallmarks of Win32.Rbot.
Oh, and i ran Xoftspy on my laptop with the same results. I have a funny feeling that its either a false positive of one of its own files or that it is deliberately set to detect a virus. The software downloaded is trial version and scans only, so payment is required to remove said virus.
Anyone heard anything about Xoftspy or perhaps uses it themselves?

Cheers

KizZ · 4 Nov 2006 at 09:35

I'm not sure what's wrong but you should read this: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17639207&highlight=xoftspy

AJUK · 4 Nov 2006 at 10:59

As KizZ has stated read the other thread and then dump it and then use one of the programmes listed at the bottom of this page
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Unluckyalf · 4 Nov 2006 at 14:26

Cheers for that.
The only problem is that this file thats created in C:/Windows/temp remains after Xsoftspy has been uninstalled. You can kill it in taskmanager but it returns as another filename as soon as you reboot

Tom84 · 4 Nov 2006 at 14:35

Ive used Xoftspy before and from what i remember it was a very decent spyware removal program only dowside was having to pay for it :rolleyes:

The_KiD · 4 Nov 2006 at 15:15

Xoftspy has been de-listed from the rogue software list, but it is simething myself and others in the malware busting world would still never trust.

One of it's main flaws was "false-positives" which means telling you things were viruses/malware when actually they weren't at all.

I would get rid of it and use some/all of the tools listed here instead: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17643293

Neoni · 4 Nov 2006 at 16:27

never had a problem with it.