Talk:SpySheriff

No ad-ware or virus program can remove SpySheriff, and therefore is specifically dangerous. The only reason I got it removed is because I did a system restore, before thinking to restart my computer.

Actually..... Boot in safe mode, Spy Bot Search and Destroy, Adaware SE, final registry input. Complete removal, along with probably any other trojans on your computer. Floria L 00:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Floria L That is not true, check the wiki now & there are links showing you how to do it, be on topic :] --VandalRemover 15:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Article clean-up
This article appears to be full of uncited claims for this product - a quick scan of various AV sites (McAfee/Symantec/HiJackThis) show that a lot of the symptoms are not substantiated. I'm going to conduct a full clean-up of this article shortly. SmackEater (talk) 20:36, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

OK, I've started a clean-up and marked everything I couldn't find evidence for on major AV sites with citation needed. Please can someone find evidence to back-up these claims if they are true, or as I suspect, if they are caused by different malware, can they be removed? SmackEater (talk) 10:14, 2 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The "The system has been stopped to protect you from Spyware" appears to relate to SpywareQuake, not SpySheriff. I'm looking for a reputable source to back this up SmackEater (talk) 21:00, 16 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm going to remove the Removal section - Symantec's removal section contradicts the safe mode locking section, CA's website contradicts the sentence that the uninstaller causes BSOD crashes. None of these reputable sites mention that it blocks system restore, so we should not state that it does. SmackEater (talk) 21:01, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Clone Links?
Why is it that the clone names are links that redirect you to the same page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.95.229.148 (talk) 00:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Brave Sentry
This program also has a clone called Brave Sentry. A friend of mine told me he got a taskbar alert that downloaded the program. It has the same interface as SpySheriff. I'll make a Brave Sentry page that redirects to this article, if I ever figure out how to. Sabertooth 16:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

WHO THE HELL MADE SPY SHERIFF!!??
That would be indeed an interesting question to be covered by the article. As it speeks of "the company". --Jestix 12:08, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Jestix Thank you for saying that, we're currently making a "Possible Creators" wiki --VandalRemover 15:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

This guys claims to be the developer in his profile (see about me) http://www.mathhelpforum.com/math-help/members/theperfecthacker.html 69.29.232.110 (talk) 18:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

What happens if you attempt to buy it? Who does it tell you to give money to?--Czar Kirk (talk) 17:21, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Help Removal
I need help on you know what. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rider555 (talk • contribs).

Rider555 This has nothing to do with SpySheriff & therefore not something we need to discuss.--VandalRemover 15:10, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Domain holder
I think this link will help identifying who is responsible for SpySheriff: http://who.is/whois-com/ip-address/spysheriff.com/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Uzaiyaro (talk • contribs) 04:59, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey Uzaiyaro I thank you for the information but we've got the same information just better from Kanonkas look at this: http://www.domaintools.com/reverse-ip/?hostname=64.28.183.99 —Preceding unsigned comment added by VandalRemover (talk • contribs) 14:07, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Edit revert
This was the justification for reverting my edit: "remove uncited credits; copyedit original sentence"

I work at a security forum in which I speak directly with the makers of SmitfraudFix and Smitrem; why was my addition inappropriate?

Why was the first sentence reverted? It was truly grammatically incorrect.

Please respond. Screen317 21:09, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I reverted your edit for the reason stated, "remove uncited credits". Any statements as to who wrote these tools would need to come from (be published by) WP:Reliable sources.  What you have contributed seems to be WP:Original research, which is not allowed.  You might also want to consider whether including these names would improve the encyclopedia or just be giving someone a free mention in it.


 * Where my edit summary says "copyedit original sentence" I was referring to the sentence your edits replaced, not to yours. The original sentence was "There is a tool called SmitFraudFix & SmitRem that will get rid of SpySheriff."  I changed it to this.  --CliffC 01:52, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Understood. Thank you very much CliffC for clarifying. Screen317 07:20, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

system restore in safe mode
I recentely got rid od spy sheriff using system restore in safe mode, and thank god, because I got a BSoD using every other method. Anyway, can it be proven that using safe mode system restore always works, or was I just lucky.JakeH07 (talk) 20:48, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, this page is for request from editors over article editing issues. If you wish to discuss the software, I expect that there are appropriate forums on the internet but Wikipedia is not one of them.. Jezhotwells (talk)

"Websites promoting SpySheriff" - necessary?
Is this section really necessary? Considering the number of sites that can be infected with this malware and the fact that WP readers might access such sites out of curiosity, I'm in favour of removing it. I'm not sure of WP policy regarding such things, however, so I'll leave it in until I find out more. I welcome anyone who knows what to do here. Rimmington01 (talk) 01:52, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It can even be removed for lack of sources. --HamburgerRadio (talk) 03:13, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Some of these sites really need to be removed. For example, I've heard that "www.goggle.com" and "www.toggle.com" both try to download SpySheriff without user consent-so why are they in the external links? Like someone else said, "Considering the number of sites that can be infected with this malware and the fact that WP readers might access such sites out of curiosity, I'm in favour of removing it." I'm in favor too. 96.235.27.73 (talk) 21:39, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

wayback machine link?
Does the wayback machine link still contain malware? Rickraptor707 (talk) 00:51, 2 July 2013

It doesn't. As long as you don't click the "download" button.TheMillionRabbit 04:43, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

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