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Adware Yazzle by OIN in portable*.exe?

Hello All,

My stopzilla www.stopzilla.com yells at every portable*.exe, i downloaded here, that there is a Yazzle by OIN threat. No problem there is adware but why can't i find any information on this site/forum about it?
Or is there something else going on?


Information on Yazzle by OIN
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/uninstall/1740/Yazzle-by-OIN.html

Name: Yazzle by OIN
Description: Add/Remove Programs entry for a Yazzle product. Yazzle software has been known to be installed without your permission via security exploits. Their end user license agreement, which can be read when installing their products, indicate that these are Clickspring, the makers of Purityscan, products and are bundled with the Outer Info Network Client, or OIN client.

Purityscan and the OIN client are adware programs that deliver advertisements through toolbars and popups. These advertisements may be served even when you are not connected to the Internet. Information and removal instructions for Purityscan can be found here. Removal instructions for the OIN client can be found here.

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Stop using Stopzilla

Sounds like some very poor detection algorithmns in there. I would guess it would alarm on any NSIS-based installer or program. I'd suggest using one of the solid antispyware programs out there like Lavasoft AdAware or Spybot Search & Destroy (I use both). It probably hasn't been noticed before because noone uses StopZilla.

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Re: Stop using Stopzilla

I must say i'am testing stopzilla for my personal use. It could be that the algorithm is poor. But it does not yell on NSIS-based installers. I would have the alert before. About NSIS based programs i don't know. Is the portable*.exe a NSIS based program? As far as i understand the portable*.exe it's starting the main program. It could be that thats the thing for stopzilla to start yelling.

About the spyware removers i use the both of them and some more. C www.hitmanpro.nl The site is in dutch but the software is also in english.

Here a translation of the site by babelfish
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_load?lp=nl_en&url=http%3A...

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normal people scare me

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