Frost Wire has Adware?
 

well i was just doing a in-depth system scan with NOD32 and it found 2 variations of Win32.AdInstaller the 2 files that were infected are: C:\Program Files\FrostWire\frostwire-4.13.3.windows.exe »NSIS »apbarSp.FrostWire.exe C:\Program Files\FrostWire\frostwire-4.13.3.windows.exe could someone tell me if this is true or if i just got a false positive or some ****, cause i really like frostwire and dont want to get rid of it? o ya and this is the 2nd time its been detected, i got the same thing when i did a 2nd scan. :confused:

NOD32 is what? Problem with many spyware programs on the market is they are NOT designed to cope with p2p programs & consider many to contain spyware when they do not. We normally recommend using Spybot - Search & Destroy (FREE). BTW there is a spyware forum that reports on the ability of spyware programs & those that are scams, etc. There are many out there that do not do what they say they can do. Spybot is one of those recommended by them. ;)

NOD32 is an antivirus program from ESET, its rated and considered the lightest and fastest, and one of the most effective antivirus systems.

and my antispyware program didnt detect it though, i use counterspy

just my antivirus detected it:confused:

Likewise, the other we recommend is ad-ware (FREE) because it is p2p program friendly, but if it detects a p2p program with adware, etc. it will tell you.

I think I made my point earlier. Whilst some programs might be rated highly by whomever, (wonder if they were ever tested by non bias spyware/adware programmers) the question is how they react to programs from a different medium such as p2p. If NOD32 is detecting such, then chances are it is a false positive; an error. Poor programming in other words. Else, you have downloaded a virus & your FW is infected or the file is at that moment being downloaded/passing thru the program.

I can assure you FW does not have adware or spyware. ;) Any utility that detects otherwise has not been programmed properly to cope with p2p programs, or as some utilities are deliberately designed, to be anti p2p programs. Yes some are deliberately coded that way in their detection process. I found this out after personal emails with the main author /owner of the anti spyware forums who is himself an anti spyware programmer. He has a reasonably good knowledge of the market in these areas. ;)

Frostwire is completely clean, the only way it could have ad-ware is if you downloaded it off an untrusted source (ie. not off the official site) ;)

the new fw has have a ask geeves toolbr which you can opt out of
on install UNCHECK BOTH boxes
new version 4 13.4