In a
2003 article covering scareware and other fake utilities, I warned of a tool called StopSign that attempted to disable valid antivirus products. Since that time StopSign's publisher has straightened out. Spyware Warrior and others have removed it from their "rogue" lists. eAcceleration executives admit they made some mistakes back in the day, but they assure me that StopSign Internet Security 1.0 ($49.95/year direct for two licenses) is thoroughly well-behaved. One little problem derails this lovely story of redemption, though. While it's not sneaky or malicious, StopSign also isn't remotely effective as an antivirus.
Normally I'd peruse results from the big independent testing labs to see how they conform to (or differ from) my own results. Since StopSign hasn't been submitted for testing to any of those labs, my own tests will have to tell the full story.
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