On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:09:59 +0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:

> Jax  news:XnsA442A271BBC1FJAX@
> 127.0.0.1 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:58:08 GMT in alt.comp.anti-virus, wrote:
> 
>> Just saying. 
> 
> you're intentionally misleading people. 
> 
> Yep. It's only gotten four votes, let's checkout the comments:
> 
> The first person to vote for it is clearly showing their IT 
> incompetence.. Read:
> 
>  June 02, 2008  |  By Web Bird
> 
>  |  Version: BugHunter 2.2
> 
> Pros
> 
> Don't really know.
> 
> Cons
> 
> Downloaded to a zip file, opened it and that's as far as it got. It 
> must have disappeared into cyber space. Tried again, same result.
> 
> Summary
> 
> null
> 
> Updated on Dec 15, 2008
> 
> Same as above and I opened it ok. It's the worst program that I've 
> ever used. Don't bother to download it. There are no malware or 
> virus's (the program is clean that I know of). It's just difficult to 
> understand. Don't bother with it.
> 
> Updated on Dec 15, 2008
> 
> Wormguard informed me that it has blocked BugHunter from loading 
> because it regarded it as a problem. So don't touch it!!!
> 
> 
> *** I don't know what wormguard is. I do know that BugHunter is clean, 
> so the program had no legit reason to block it. The fact this user 
> couldn't follow simple unzip into an empty folder instructions tells 
> you the value of their vote.
> 
> Here's the second 'review':
> 
> 
> 
> "very nice antimalware app"
> 
> August 23, 2007  |  By redneckrockerphil
> 
>  |  Version: BugHunter 2.2
> 
> Pros
> 
> this is a very good antimalware app, as a freelance computer 
> technician i like to have some antimalware apps that i can copy to a 
> floppy and take with me to a job, and this is able to do just that. it 
> checks files againts a very comprehensive database of known malware 
> and gives you the option to ignore, disable or remove known malware, 
> and since it's DOS based i'm able to scan an entire computer without 
> having to install it, very nice
> 
> Cons
> 
> none so far
> 
> h0h0h0
> 
> Those are the only two reviews left on cnet.com. One is clearly from a 
> user who isn't able to follow instructions and clearly, didn't 
> understand how to use the program. Infact, they never got it running.
> 
> The other person to leave a review is obviously, a tech; which was the 
> intended audience for BugHunter. they evidently, had no problem using 
> it, understood what it was meant for, and happily gave it 5 stars for 
> the work it does. *BIG GLOATING GRIN*

Which means nothing. Do you know his skillset? Nope. Bet your Mum thinks it
wicked as well. Jeese. 


>> A user rating of less than 3 stars is not exactly very good. Think
>> about it. 
> 
> Well, it's a DOS based program. It loses stars for lack of point 
> click. The no mouse confuses some people. :) So it doesn't get posh 
> awards for eye candy it doesn't have. The idea of unzipping and being 
> able to run it without installing is confusing for some as well. 
> Proof? The first cnet 'review'. [g]
> 
> When rated for it's functionality over user interface, you get this:
> 
> http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/reviews/du_w31_BUGHUN.html
> 
> 
> http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/du1_w31.html
> (That's a five star award you're seeing [g])
> 
> Review date: August 31, 2006
> Version reviewed: 1.9.2 (see Updates below)
> NOTE: the review only pertains to the version/date mentioned above. 
> Subsequent versions could be quite different from the reviewed 
> version.
> Review:
> 
> BugHunter is an antispyware tool to assist in finding and removing 
> malicious software, often called "malware" (some browser & desktop hi 
> jacking programs, including keyloggers, adware modules, spyware 
> modules, trojans & dialers).
> 
> This is a tiny DOS utility that scans your computer and reports, 
> and/or removes, instances of malware. You can use this program within 
> Windows but, occasionally, it cannot remove some malware without being 
> used in DOS. You can put it in a bootable floppy disk (or CD) and 
> launch it from pure DOS, but normally it can be used from within 
> Windows (up to and including Windows XP) to track down and delete or 
> rename the vast majority of malware.
> 
> BugHunter works from a list of over 1,000 malicious files (EXE files, 
> VB files, OCX, files, DLL files, etc) and the author has promised to 
> update that list regularly. Of course, if a malware file isn't on the 
> list it won't get flagged but it will still get all the ones that are 
> on the list.
> 
> Scanning is not fast and you can expect to be waiting some 15 minutes 
> while it scans your computer (time depends on how many files it has to 
> check).
> 
> The opening screen (a DOS box under Windows) offers a choice of 4 
> options - scan for malware only, scan for malware and rename it, scan 
> for malware and remove it, and exit. Make your choice by typing in the 
> appropriate letter (A, B, C or Q).
> 
> Initially we just scanned our system using BugHunter and 27 malware 
> files were found. We believe that these were simply left over DLLs 
> from previous programs which were removed from the computer and they 
> were not active (there was no program to launch them). This initial 
> scan did not name these 27 files, and the scan took just over 11 
> minutes.
> 
> We then went to option C on the list, scan and remove, and it reported 
> that 27 files were found, and 27 were deleted. This second scan took 
> just over 9 minutes.
> 
> BugHunter is an excellent tool and one that all Internet users with 
> PCs should run regularly. We were disappointed that it did not name 
> the "suspect" files, or that it did not give us the option of deleting 
> some and not others.
> 
> It would have been easy to include a Pause with an instruction to wait 
> for the user to either skip, delete or rename the file before 
> proceeding. This places the control back in the hands of the user and, 
> if there is any question about a suspect file, its name could be 
> searched through the Internet (Googled) to see what was written about 
> it. Alternatively you can simply do a scan and then check the logfile 
> for the files targeted.
> 
> BugHunter is a "must have" for all PC users.
> 
> Grab a copy now!
> 
> Hey, thanks for checking my BugHunter program out though. It was 
> officially discontinued in 2008, so I question the legitimacy of this 
> thread. [g]

LOL. Too funny. You could put a turd on the Internet and someone would give
it five stars.

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