Is it a worm? Is is a trojan? Or is it something lame?! It’s – MalWarrior, supposedly fighting spyware since October 4, 2007. Yes, MalWarrior (or Mal Warrior 2008) is yet another super-heroe program designed to cleanse your system of evil. Just as any other one of these rogue security programs, this one does exacly the same – it takes your money and goes partying.
It is not certain yet whether Mal Warrior 2008 has an advertising program or not, but it seems like one of the less annoying ones, meaning that it just waits to be downloaded by anyone naive enough to believe that it’s effective. When run, MalWarrior gives you the choice to perform a bogus scan, that produces a bogus report, with lots of bogus threats. Afterwards, when you try to remove the bogus threats, it provides you with a bogus solution, which is to buy the full version (which is bogus). The program’s interface has an "effectiveness" over "pretty-looking" feel, which is a bit of a surprise.
I actually laughed at MalWarrior’s homepage, it has an insane amount of ‘proof’ that it’s best. First of all, the user comments: "The best privacy security kit ever made!" the credibility is astonishing, especially having in mind that this was determined a day after it was released. Next it says how they update their threat database on a dayly basis, and what do you know, the threats of the day include CryptDrive (released September 7). This is funny, since CryptDrive is exactly the same as Mal Warrior 2008. Next we have the awards: 5 of them, but we can assume that there are more (it’s THAT great, after all). The "buy" section is generally uninteresting, maybe except the fact that $39,95 with a 20% discount is $29,95 and the fact that the price doesn’t depend on whether you buy MalWarrior for a 6month period or for life.
The whole page has so many logos, that you may get a seizure if you’re epileptic and if you’re not, you might actually feel dizzy enough to buy it…Oh and some of the content is just classic, I especially enjoyed the Satisfaction Guarantee, a quote: "If you’re unhappy, we’re unhappy… then MalWarrior’s unhappy. And, that just simply will not do." No, it isn’t Barney, the Purple Dinosaur.
Do NOT download this thing and, above all, do NOT buy it. And if you have, at least remove it. Last, but not least, block MalWarrior’s URL in your host files.
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I fell for MalWarrior. I purchased the $29.00 six month “protection”. However, when I went to enter my activation code, it just said “Invalid key”. I have phoned their number several times. Was on hold for 13 minutes once, and 41 minutes today. Noone ever answered. Just music playing and “you’re caller #2, etc”. I e-mailed their “customer service” many times. No answer. This, from a service claiming 24/7 customer assistance. Yeah right. I’m furious that they have my money, and I have nothing. What can I do???? STAY FAR AWAY FROM MALWARRIOR!!!! It’s a scam and a load of bull.
mal warrior is the stupidest scam ive ever seen
malwarrior has me so pissed off. it wont let me do shit on my computer and it installed itself on my computer and won’t let me get rid of it. I want to fucking kill the guy who made it.