The Antivirus that spreads Malware
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
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Today I am going to prove you why you shouldn't download Adaware or anything from Lavasoft. I don't exactly remember whether it was a reputable name or not, but some of my friends and relatives had it installed back in the day. So please, uninstall Ad(a)ware (or McAfee, or Norton) from your computer if you still have them installed, they spread malware.
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Hope you have a great day!
#endermanch #antivirus #malware
Yes, I agree that the old Microsoft Edge is truly terrifying
Same as the new edge
@@bigtitmaster you are 100% wrong
Yes I agree the old Microsoft Edge that originally came with Windows 10 2015 -2020 prior to the upgrade to Edge Chronium
@@bigtitmaster naw new edge is better chrome
Adaware, more like adware.. and malware.
I remember an old theory that antivirus companies were creating and releasing viruses. It doesn’t seem far-fetched now.
I think it's more than a theory. Back in the days before high-speed internet, before the days when malware could steal valuable data, what would have been the point of writing malware that just made your computer malfunction? The only explanation that makes sense to me is that it was to scare you into buying antivirus.
They feed us poison, so they can sell us their "cure"
@@genuinescorruption oh god. You are right. Kinda sussy ngl
Not a case with 2nd AV in history. It was written by a Polish man since he wanted to prevent his computer from being virused, and he started selling it later. It was called MkS_Vir.
@@genuinescorruption Not necessary, they could just make small viruses with only the function of slowing your pc, or giving you some crashes
so many companys that i used back in the day, (Adaware, AVG, Avast) all seem to end up in the same place, crappy scareware money grabbing tools that really are no better than the malware they where supposed to protect you from.
Yes I agree. Altough I never used Adaware, I agree with your point on Avast and AVG. I was an Avast user for a long time but they kept disappointing me with their business choices.
They became the very same thing they tried to destroy.
Oof, I use AVG since my antivirus expired... My dad told me to try it out because they had a "one year free trial" but I didn't see it on their page .-.
What antivirus do you use now? I use AVG but I want to switch
@@supermarine2493 I use Norton 360 on our family computer and I use Kaspersky Internet Security on my personal computer.
the most mind-numbing bit is that the 2013 date is ACTUALLY when the final current version of ImgBurn was released by the developers. Insane.
and hell, the company behind InstallCore got bought by Unity! Despicable!
@@Lethaltail but ironsource didn't spread the malwares in their InstallCore copies... The malwares are implemented by the users!
@@ascode2films691 either way it’s kind of too little too late for installcore.
“I’m gonna show you something disturbing.
No it’s not the old microsoft edge”
lmfao you genius
l m f a o
Vladimir Putin? German language?
@@tewuzij what
@@tewuzij what does that have to do with Microsoft edge at all lmao
@@SandboxerSandy Well it's on his news feed
honestly you don't even need an antivirus sometimes if you know what you're clicking online, don't rely on antivirus exclusively when the main antivirus is your knowledge to what to click and not click. Good video my guy, very nice spreading information.
I agree with what you said! I just have Windows Defender, and (of course) it isn't perfect, but it gets the job done, and I'm just generally careful with what I click on.
Glad someone is finally calling out the norton and mcafee popups! Really lowers my respect for those companies
I have Norton
@@benbro1518 I too have norton
@@ilker2445 i have norton also but seriously disappoints me to see them do this to make money, if my dad weren't the one buying the subscription theres no way I'd ever pay for it
@@apreese16 I am the one that buys and manages the subscriptions at home. And I don't really mind if Norton pushes annoying ads to some tech illiterate people just to make some more money. It doesn't affect me at all. Yes it is indeed a bad thing but it doesn't completely change my opinion about the product.
@@ilker2445 norton is the worst antivirus you could buy, bad virus detection, uses a lot of resources, scares people into buying it and it includes a crypto miner that takes 15% of your profits. use windows defender or malwarebytes instead, or just switch to linux where you don’t need an antivirus because it’s more secure.
No way, just today an Lavasoft junk "antivirus" downloaded on my pc without my consent, i obviously uninstalled it, what a coincidence that Enderman uploaded a video about that company and his terrible programs.
Well maybe it was not a coincidence.🤨🤔
He see your internet browser history
As a company, McAfee are just a bunch of scumbags. My laptop came pre installed with a sad excuse of an antivirus and was so hard to uninstall. Imagine if Windows XP had this bloatwear 💀
it's usually the person you bought the computer from (Dell, Asus, etc) not windows
@@kgaming7599 yep, those OEMs are sponsored to install them
My Laptop That i use in school When i buyed it for Xmas When i turned it on it skiped the Oobe and it was bloated with Lenovo bloatware
I never had a problem uninstalling macv at all all i did was go into my un install program and gotten rid of that virus induced programthen loaded my avg disk and scanned my computer
My first computer came with McAfee
Yeah honestly best to just grab a USB and boot up a brand new copy of your favorite os and never have to enjoy that preinstalled keylogger
A while ago I accidentally installed some questionable stuff in my computer, and the publisher was Lavasoft. I avoid Lavasoft now. I got rid of the questionable stuff, so don't worry.
This is something called Antivirus without the first 4 letters
This is something called Antivirus with duplicating first 4 letters (Antiantivirus)
My dad uses mcafee and his subscription just ended so you can imagine the amount of adware pop ups that appear on his desktop every 30 minutes. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen from an antivirus company ever.
Burn that thing
Switched to Linux after having to try and uninstall McAfee via the registry (hundreds of things I had to delete!). Now using Clam plus Linux and ad blockers. If you don't download sketchy email attachments and stay away from suspicious web sites, you're pretty safe (though I make sure to backup all my data).
I can re-install my distro and restore my backups in less than 1/2 hour :)
@@johnf7683 was Linux easy to learn? (Unless you already knew your way around it)
That's why you need a recurring subscription. No one should let their AV's subscription end and be unprotected.
I have no idea how I got infected, but my computer had the McAfee malware for a while, along with some either weird "antivirus" program that would repeatedly say "YOU HAVE XXX VIRUSES ON YOUR COMPUTER". Of course, I never fell for it and my dad (bless his soul for being a coder and knowing how to handle computers) used the ACTUAL antivirus that he installed before handing me the computer to find the malware and get them off my computer. After he thought the problem was removed, we did a full scan, and there is no more malware to be seen.
I'm still thankful it wasn't giving me pop-up p**n stuff though and just stupid little "you have a virus" pop-ups. Those are so much more tolerable than pop-up p**n.
The average Antivirus belike:
Yes
Yes
Я смотрю этот канал очень давно, он меня заинтересовал изучать программирование и компьютерную безопасность. Спасибо за всё, Эндермен!
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ООООУ ЕЕЕЕЕ я тоже его смотрю давно мне так нравится его смотреть))
@@omletikchannel same
Так-же(я начал после Данилки смотреть Эндермена, у Данилки тогда 7к сабов вроде было)
Translated: I have been watching this channel for a long time, it interested me to study programming and computer security. Thanks for everything, Enderman!
Really good video ! Can you test this antivirus against malware btw ? That would be great.
Me: **just minding my own business**
Windows:
*_Hey idiot, your antivirus has expired_*
Whoa, been a while since I've watched an Enderman video (even though I'm subscribed), first time hearing a voice!
This is what they literally mean by " if you can't defeat them, join them"
Dude you HAVE to get more subs so that more people know this. Everyone must be made aware of this shit. Thanks for the heads up mate. Continue this channel
Man I remember back in the day AdAware was the top anti-malware software, it was available before Malwarebytes
I used to use it almost 20 years ago. Nowadays, I wouldn't even think about using it.
Yeah, I would tell my dad, who has McAfee installed on all of our computers, but he wouldn't believe me.
Just tell him Windows has bulit-in security, and that McAffee does nothing to protect your computer. If he insists get the free version of MalwareBytes
I directly uninstalled mcafee from our pc without telling him lol. He paid that anyway
If any program is automatically installed alongside another program or being offered on another program's installer, never install that program.
Imgburn’s official installer used to have optional stuff, but if you unchecked it you didn’t get it. Thankfully they’ve removed all that stuff so you don’t have to worry about it.
My favourite part is that the url says free burning software, the header and copyright say free burning tools, and the download is called image burner.
Imgburn is a legitimate software, this is just one bundled with a crapware installer. The official installer did have some bundled software options as well, but it wasn’t through this installer. They thankfully removed all the optional software installs from the official installer.
Free antivirus without paying for premium/paid version be like:
Free normally means #1 features left out and #2 (in MOST cases) Your data is the payment.
Never use free antivirus
@@ilker2445 Never pay paid antivirus
@@zherean42069 How are you going to use antivirus then?
@@ilker2445 You don’t. Antivirus software is only needed if you’re an idiot without common sense.
bro Norton literally pops up with adware at least five times a week, always getting me to buy their other product. Like ransomware protection or adware protection, I click on it out of curiosity and then it says buy this for more protection or something like that. It obviously works, they get sales on their products because people who aren't familiar with this kind of stuff buy it too. It really is funny to see them begging for more money
I was unfortunately tricked by the McAfee antivirus. It told me I had 7 viruses and kept sending me notifications when I downloaded something… Never believing it again lol. I just rebooted my pc and everything worked fine again, so, thanks!
i mean just becouse your pc works fine it dont means you dont got any virus , most these days steal private information(passwords , private info , bank details) , use your pc as part of botnet for attacks and sending spam emails (80-95% of all spam emails are send that way) , unless your IT savy you wont ever notice ether of these.
big eye opener for me was emerald viewer scandal for second life where owner would push malicious update , and each time you login onto second life you would DDOS competitors , only reason we found out is because some looked deep into its code.
such things are unoticable becouse it not uses much of your cpu , ram or procesor , tinybit of internet
(4:11) That looks like an AWS S3 error message, so they likely have a domain that redirected to an S3 bucket named 'h2ocdn', and left malware there. Wow.
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@@diezLocks that doesn't make you cool
@@LightGold 🤓
@@diezLocks Well that didn't either.
@@ReVDeatH 🤓
antiviruses that spread malware. talk about anime levels of betrayal.
I find that Norton now slows down your PC just before subscription renewal to make you think you have a virus. Pay your subscription and everything's fine again.
My teacher back in high school did once said that antivirus-companies are the ones spreading viruses in the internet since "no one will use their product if there is no threat around".
Microsoft Defender is still the best one that I only trust nowadays. lol
Good decision, you don't need anything better. CatchPulse is an option if you want to test unpatched VMs full of viruses or test viruses without a VM. But the best option is in my opinion Linux which I switched to in December 2021.
Avast Premium is pretty nice if you want security on your home device. Kaspersky is absolutely amazing for all-around security.
Ye im pretty sure 99.9% of antivirus softwares are viruses
Microsoft spreads that Windows virus which is the worst! So many PCs are infected with it.
@@1pcfred U a mac user
Interesting video, but what Antivirus do you prefer/use? I usually use Avast, but I don't really like it haha
There's always the chance that the bad-hat people redirect their sites to the safe people so the trail leads to them.
For example, I can easily redirect the main page of my site to another site like Google, but keep my own CDN running on a sub-domain like in the example.
MC Afee still does adware, it appears every time u turn on ur pc, in the bottom right, there is a popup which condones u to buy their software or u ‘accept the risk’
It’s so fucking cringe I need to uninstall that shit
i guess you have a trial version that has run out?
I have the one for chrome does that make a difference?
McAfee don't do adware. If McAfee is installed it is simply reminding you that your product is about to expire. Though i agree it can be very annoying, but you can just uninstall McAfee and then the problem will go away. It you DON'T have McAfee installed THEN its Adware, but its from some dodgy source rather than McAfee itself.
@@davidfishwick5573 Exactly!
Lavasoft's Ad Aware used to be good software. Sad to see it go downhill. An uncle of mine had used a bugged version of AdAware which kept dropping temp files in a folder until there was over 1 MILLION of the buggers there requiring over 4 hours to delete them all.
"im going to show you smth VERY disturbing.
No its not the old Microsoft Edge"
LMFAOO
“You have become the very thing you swore to destroy.”
Even Navashield & Security Scanner fighting each other
Wait a second, isn't InstallCore made by IronSource, which is the company merging with Unity Engine?
Yes, which is very concerning, because Unity is very good, but now it's going to include InstallCore so Unity games can be bundled with garbage
@@clothinghanger6978 Yeah, I'm kinda scared of Unity now.
@@SpyderGamer it's sad because Unity is so good but they are willingly ruining it with this horrible merge they are doing
@@clothinghanger6978 Exactly, especially people that put blood sweat and tears in developing a game (like me, I spent a year) and now they don't know what to do...
@@SpyderGamer oh cool, I once tried unity and gave up because I can't 3d model so the whole project kinda just died there
Man, it’s kinda scary that it’s worth to corrupt files.
“We made it Patrick, we protected the computer”
Back in the early 2000's the internet was littered with installers trying to install McAfee on my computers. It was annoying as hell.
I once, for some reason, decided to install bittorrent and i ended up with like 3 viruses on my PC, and you know what else is suspicions? It installed Adaware without asking me.
The main reason I assume the McAffe web notification was the is because of a affiliate marketing program. They will make a fake page like that, then redirect to their affiliate link and get a profit. Additionally, the other popup is probably because of many manufactures pre installing it. I bought a Lenovo "ThinkBook" and it came preinstalled with that AND a bunch of other junk. Not windows installing it, but the BIOS that tells Windows to install it.
The ad even had the mcafee expired thing
I've used McAfee before. I'm currently using the WebAdvisor extension for chrome, and it's so good. Keeps me steering away from bad sites!
Also, AVG and Defencebytes automatically got installed on my PC a while ago.
Should I uninstall them?
(defencebytes and windows defender both targeted bluescreensimulator's screen partner as a virus, so defencebytes is probably legit, but still. should i?)
@@dasho-tech-official i used to have avg (i say used to have cuz my pc broke) i think that avg is a good antivirus option, as a newbie saying it, but the other one, i have never heard bout it.
Oh hey, look... the silly installation tool that Iron Source created... Why did Unity buy a company notorious for malware creeping into their installers?
Dang I wish I could just get it...
Not really, the only way malware could get installed with that program is if the developer (of the thing you are installing) chose to try to install malware. In fact, it's completely avoidable if you just uncheck the "install X extra program" checkbox, but most people just leave everything as it is and skip through the installer.
td;lr wasn't the company's fault
@@jmejuniper That would be easy, but the amount of times I've seen Wave Browser and a entire chromium strip of toolbars on a Windows 10 desktop (yes, the whole thing, not just the web browser).
Pushing unknowing users into bloatware and PuP's counts really.
@@AshnSilvercorp But it's not the company's fault. The people who customize the installers are the ones who add the malware, and that has been a problem with installers far before that company.
McAfee coming preinstalled on ASUS laptop...
Me: NOOOO I CAN'T UNINSTALL IT!
Jack Brewster:Virus has corrupted SKYNET
John Connor :SKYNET IS THE VIRUS 😂😂😂😂😂
me: clicks on video
also me: gets an ad on virus protection
Thanks you for helping teach pc security, Enderman.)
Is McAfee safe if paid? My ISP provider provides me with a "free" subscribtion to McAfee Internet Security, should i go with it or just use linux like i usually do?
The "Scare people into buying there antivirus" happened to me and it TERRIFIED ME (I was really young)
Mcafee did not do spam notifications, you just accidentally allowed the notifications to the suspicious web
Alternate title : the malware that spreads malware
I remember having to get Adaware and McAfee off of my friends computer sometime last year.
Antivirus companies spreading virus is common practice nowday. Still remember that one pesky kaspersky virus that incripted my USB stick data and spread like wild fire amongst my office PCs
Hey enderman just a question are you from germany or russia (Just a question)
@Enderman Is Panda Dome Free Antivirus a safe AV? or should i use something else?
"u were supposed to defeat them NOT JOIN THEM"
enderman is posting, he keeps me in good mood
Found McAfee pre-installed on the secondary laptop I have in house. Uninstalled it straight away.
These kind of videos are very useful because (maybe most of adults will ignore)
But few adults and kids will knew this and they will be careful of these things and it's very interesting and funny
I wonder, should I remove the preinstalled anti viruses that do pop ups while I am doing something? It’s pretty annoying since sometimes it just disturbs me from my normal computer use.
Never heard of the adaware antivirus before I watched this video
mcafee is just doing plain "big business" marketing, it happens everywhere.
Attention:i found if you have any old mising apple products that are linked to your new device it also sends adware like mcafee
I love new Microsoft edge but damn, how many times that I almost cried everytime old edge opened.
Wait a second, is the Microsoft Edge Window at 0:23 really in german?
Some antiviruses be like
Hmmm, his PC is clean or is it?
That's why I delete McAfee when I get a laptop
i thought something seemed off about antiviruses always having a virus to detect
how do u have a bunch of different "computers" or "accounts" u get different virusus on , cause u made all of these vids and you have gotten all these virusus, do u replace something in the pc, im not that much of a computer nerd(not saying anyone is or isnt), but im super interested and i dont understand
virtual machines
InstallCore was involved with another company being caught for spreading malware.
For Anti-VM programs,run it on a secondary computer. (You may not run it on ULTRAXP or other valuable computers.).
back in the day I recommended adaware to so many people:')
Can you review Kaspersky? I personally think it's the best av out there.
Antivirus? More like: Multivirus!
Cool videos!
NOOT NOOT
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amen
glorious
endyendermeno
They literally called their antivirus Adware.
Bist irgendwie sympathisch mit dem Akzent ;}
Is mcafee webadvisor (the extension) still good to use?
As a malware analyst (no, I don't work for any of the companies in question) I have no words to comment your video, so I'll just refer to business strategies for running free software (yeah, Adaware is mostly free, the fact they still exist is because they use Bitdefender's tech) and tell you that PUPs aren't malware (that's why they get treated in a different (than malware) way by any AV product)
the video you link to is even funnier, like look, you blame NortonLifeLock and McAfee for fake ads with referral links that'll make some revenue for the cybercriminals who put the ads
I really hate companies who put PUPs in their installers/on their servers and we have lots of fun crushing this garbage, but when your actual software is free and you still have to hire lots of people and pay for the tests (yes, of course participation in VB, AV-C, AV-Test or AVLab is paid), there is no other choice. Oh, wait, there is! Mine crypto on users' PCs, even better way to lose any trust
Sorry but that is bullshit, committing computer crime by not fully disclosing how you intend to use another system is a choice. They always had other options however they decided that honest choices like making a genuine sale with full transparency to the customer was less profitable than using trojan tactics to obtain use of others systems without full consent and they chose to cross the line into obtaining computer services by deception.
@@seraphina985 give me 1 (one) proof confirming that this malicious campaign is being run by NortonLifeLock/McAfee or any other reputable antivirus company and I'll leave you alone and admit I was wrong for the entire time
@@seraphina985 but if you're commenting on the bundling stuff, PUPs are not malicious and bundling is not a crime. It's just an extreme dick move I hate. Installers from Lavasoft CDNs aren't malicious and don't drop any actual malware
@@vivianciurus5326 They are deliberately misleading in order to obtain computer services by deception. Under the letter of the law that is in fact by definition fraud, just because they lobby their way out of it being prosecuted doesn't change this fact.
@@seraphina985 still, who? If you're speaking about bundling, PUP dark patterns aren't illegal (yet), if you're speaking about fake Norton pop-ups - it is misleading, is a crime in the EU (goes "against the customers") and some countries as well and the scammers should get prosecuted
also it's not only Lavasoft who do bundling, same goes with Avast (their browser, VPN and some other services + dark patterns to make you buy the subscription), Panda (their toolbar), Qihoo (partially their browser - Opera) and Microsoft (here without your actual consent, Office/Skype/OneDrive with your Windows installation)
why on vidlogo[thumbnail] you show the mcafee?
Adaware…
Isn’t it Adware?
hey Enderman, just found your channel today. from when i searched 'Microsoft PC Health Check'. Thanks SO MUCH for your videos and all that you unveil. This is silly but, from what i've seen of your videos so far, i luvvv ya !! Lol. You are a beam of laser sharp precious light ,, in this big flippin smoke screen blizzard those corps are blowing up our noses. : ) , cheers.
for some reason when i get a new windows 10 or 11 new pc or laptop it always shows mcafee?is that normal or bad?
Did you check for utf-8 phishing? Not that I don't think they would not do it, or that it would be likely someone would think of looking at the download link, but still, before accusing someone you should check that.
WHAT? WHERE DID THE NICE LITTLE SUBTITLES GO? AND VOICE REVEAL? WOWWW I HAVE TO WATCH A VIDEO IN THIS CHANNEL SINCE AGES!
antivirus: no virus found please download virus.exe
me: HUH
is there an exeption with norton360? Im like worried
How did you remove your malware? Was it a virtual computer?
VM-ware indeed
Adaware uses the Bitdefender engine but it has had a quite shady past but nowadays, its good.
But they still willingly host malware on their servers so they aren't the best of companies. Plus Bitdefender Engine is not as good as using paid versions of Bitdefender itself, they leave stuff out of the engine that only their products have.
I have seen this website before, in an Enderman video or on my computer, I don’t remember.
Also, “adaware” sounds like “adware” or “ad aware”
But like
Avast: !!! You computer has virus !!!
The virus:
Javaw(dot)exe
... ???
what?
@@Gaminguide1000 it says java is a virus
@@realPlerby lmao
Ignore that Java is fine
what about windows antivirus for windows 11? does it compare with other good antiviruses?
why is your bing feed german lad
McAfee is also on Samsung devices, not computers but TABLETS, There is gonna be an notification saying Protect yourself, and I saw MCAFEE, I did not enable it on my pink tab A8
Looks like theres McAfee on my Samsung Chromebook!
me using malwarebytes: epik
For some reason I found a glitch during the premiere countdown.
If you stop watching during any point of the countdown, UA-cam will think you’ve only watched until the point where you stopped in the countdown.