Windows 10: Potentially Dangerous Software

Earlier today I downloaded a program which several people a this site ranging from banned members to VIP members have said that they use. While I was installing it, ESET NOD32 Antivirus blocked two website accesses, and when scanning the computer afterward, Malwarebytes detected a "nonmalware threat" which required two restarts to remove. I don't want to say the name of the program, yet, but I think that people should be warned about a potential hazard. How do you think I should proceed at this point?

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My virus program detected a virus and it was only removed partially. How do I finish removing CompromisedCert.C .

FWIW: One of many articles about this issue:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-defender-removes-potentially-dangerous-dell-certificate/

 

Malacious Software Removal Tool does not remove infected files it finds

Thanks for this answer, whilst accepting it is up to your Virus/Malware software to to their jobs if an alternative identifies potentially different perspective on a subject it should be capable of deleting/identifying software that it flags as potentially
dangerous otherwise it renders itself pointless, i.e. if you can't identify what is highlighted then the tool is less than useless!

Rob

 

Well,. I think if you don't at least give us a clue what the program you're referring to then reporting it is not going to be of any help.

 

The program is Burnaware Free. I didn't want to name the program, right away, because I'm not entirely certain whether I'm correctly interpreting the events I described in my first post.

 

I just tried it out and I also got a warning from my AV. It cleared out the issue and it installed without a problem.

 

I suppose that it might be relatively safe for a program which triggers warnings, but I prefer not to trust such software, and I thought I should let someone know.

 

From what I can tell it seems to be a nice tool overall. After my AV quarantined the threat the program installed just fine. I might keep it.. not sure at this point.

But thanks for the heads up on this one.
Jeff..

 

I checked ESET's logs and the website which it blocked while I was installing Burnaware was the OpenCandy website. According to this article, OpenCandy is, to quote Douglas Adams, "mostly harmless."
http://www.techsupportalert.com/cont...e-software.htm

I think that it would probably be a good idea for people to read the article, so that they can make an informed decision about software containing OpenCandy. (I gave the article 5 stars, and posted a comment under the name QuarterLessTwain, but the comment isn't visible yet.)

Anyway, I think I'm going to have to trust one or two programs with OC, because I'm having trouble finding working BIN/CUE burning software, but that's probably a topic for a different thread.

 

This, why I always check new software at Softpedia, it telss, if it is free of malware and junk like:

 

It should give you tick boxes to undo those offers in the installer.

 

Thanks. I'll start using it.

 

Unchecky (freeware) can automatically uncheck boxes which would otherwise permit the installation of adware/scumware and warn of this.

Unchecky - Keeps your checkboxes clear

 

Thanks. I'll try that too.

 

Hi there

quite frankly I'd steer well clear of ANY 3rd party software that "Offers" to do anything to your system --even well known things like cc-cleaner etc.

These days with cheap and fast HDD's I'd backup a system before applying updates / installing stuff so I could always restore quickly if the update / software install didn't work or I didn't like it.

Cheers
jimbo