Security Response

Misleading Applications report false information of the presence of security risks, threats or system issues on a target computer. We see a flood of such applications that fix supposed system anomalies and some of them are marketed through affiliates. Affiliate marketing makes such products a more lucrative business as some of these products are sharing up to 75% of their profits.

My day started with the analysis of an application from registry-doktor.com. I downloaded the application from the site on a clean computer, basically a fresh installation. On completion of the scan, Registry Doktor 2009 flagged a report with hundreds of problems found on my computer. To fix the reported problems user needs to purchase the product!

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