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Malware Bell Falsely Classifies PCTools as Malware

Posted: April 15, 2008

A discovery that we made when we were infected with the MalwareBell or Malware Bell rogue anti-spyware program was that Malware Bell classified PCTools as malware. As shown in the image below, Malware Bell classified PCTools as being a variant of the Trojan.Win32.SystemCrash infection. Not only did Malware Bell insinuate that it was an actual Trojan infection but it has the word 'adware' in parenthesis next to the Trojan name.

Malware Bell Adware Result

Trojan.Win32.SystemCrash is a definite parasite that can potentially install other infections or rogue programs onto your computer. When you pair a clear-cut Trojan infection with a well known and trustworthy company as a found parasite, you have serious problems. If Malware Bell had any type of credibility with its horrendous claims, it is gone now.

The last time we checked, PCTools was a legitimate company for computer tools that aid in the removal of parasites and registry repairs. This goes to show that the Malware Bell program is full-of-it and has no justifiable claim for removal of actual malware or other infections from your computer. In the past other rogue anti-spyware programs have made several false claims and displayed exaggerated scan results. If we are able to recognize a found parasite as being a legit company and/or program then the hackers have not done their job in fooling us.

Computer users that are educated and up-to-date on the names of genuine companies will immediately throw Malware Bell out of the window. The creators of Malware Bell will not succeed in their ultimate scheme after its false classification is exposed.

Note: If you have Malware Bell installed it can be removed. Follow the link here to remove Malware Bell.

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