Rogue antispyware software silently installs spyware(1)

Summary
Rogue antispyware - This family of software isn't necessarily intrinsically malicious, but members of the family often use deceptive sales techniques and false positives, deliberate or accidental, to convince users to pay for a license.
Rogue antispyware is difficult to define as the intentions of the group vary. Typically members of the group claim to be a legitimate Anti-Spyware application but are in fact nothing more than an inexpensive clone of unreliable software. Rogues are often repackaged and given new names. Many of the applications use very questionable sales tactics and therefore the quality of their product becomes suspect. They can be deliberately fraudulent or just substandard products that present false information.
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