eMusic Toolbar
I have been contacted several times this year regarding the entry for eMusic in my HOSTS file … so I thought I’d give them a second look, since they were previously detected as “Adware.eMusic” by the majority of Antivirus/Antispyware programs.
I highlighted the “It’s safe. No spyware, adware, or malware” … OK sounds good … let’s click the download and see …
Well this didn’t start out so good … matter of fact after disabling NOD32 and scanning the file at VirusTotal (results here)
AntiVir = DR/Comet.BE.2
BitDefender = Adware.StarWire.A
ClamAV = Adware.Comet-20
Fortinet = Adware/Comet
Kaspersky = AdWare.Win32.Comet.be
NOD32v2 = Win32/Adware.Comet
Prevx1 = Generic.Malware
VBA32 = AdWare.Win32.Comet.be
Webwasher-Gateway = Trojan.Dropper.Comet.BE.2
No Adware they say? … looks like eMusic needs to change the wording on their site. Better yet quit pushing Toolbars created by 3rd parties that are known adware bundlers … but then that would cut down on the revenue they generate from these type installs … yeah it’s all about the mighty $$$ … so do you think should I leave the entry for eMusic?
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December 27th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Ah, it is the toolbar that is the problem, not necessarily the music download service itself. Good detective work! I’m disappointed in e-music. I guess I can’t complain about their entry in your list. Thanks for doing the recheck.