Spam Blocker Utility - A Tip On Our Mail Box
Written on January 31, 2010 – 11:31 pm | by Guru
Beside the fact that many Internet and IT products provides a great experience, like optic fiber connection or docking station, there are products which have made serious questions… Intensely advertised as a great program to stop the pestering spam that clogs emails, Spam Blocker Utility has proved to be a fake appliance, not only inefficient but also malevolent. It is a reality of work on the Internet that the alleviation of spam messages is high in demand. Everyone looks for a good spam blocker product, preferably free of charge. Spam Blocker Utility, with capital letters, is a product that claims to be compatible with Outlook and Outlook Express. Yet, once the installation of the pretended anti-spam tool is complete, your computer changes browser settings and you can’t seem to be able to cope with the pop-ups opening randomly.
Spam Blocker Utility has been reported as a dangerous scam by many duped users, and the company’s website is part of the same scamming strategy. The very name gets many computer users’ attention convincing them that they will put an end to pestering unsolicited messages. The advertisement claims the availability of a high number of features, emoticons, email background, Internet toolbar and even news on weather conditions. But you get more annoyance than help. The Spam Blocker Utility is designed by Hotbar, a company that has been the subject of many debates in online forums.
A first proof of the fact that Spam Blocker Utility may not rise up to your expectations is the large number of uninstall requests. The so-called blocker utility does not allow removal by the regular add-remove programs features, which further points to its malicious character. Files that cannot be deleted and the impossibility to uninstall normally characterize malware. The scheme has been exposed and there are public online instructions available for anyone who attempts the removal of Spam Blocker Utility without success.
The manual removal instructions for Spam Blocker Utility should be followed carefully, with the mention that you should create some form of system backup before you modify anything. Malevolent software programs or malware can often cause significant system damage on the computer when advanced removal is performed. The removal information is completely free of charge and all you have to do is follow the instructions. With this example of faulty spam blocker utility, we are warned once more to be carefully where we shop online and what products we choose.
Tags: bad spam defence, low quality product, spam, spam blocker
