Is Scanguard Getting Scammier?
For All Windows Users

Several of our Cloudeight subscribers recently wrote about Scanguard - asking if it was legit and better than other antivirus and one-click fixes. Well, it seems Scanguard has found new ways in its attempts to legitimize itself, including, some suspect, of owning or controlling a web site called TheTopTenAntivirus.com. It supposedly an antivirus testing site, but just like its suspected owner, in reeks with the stench of scam.

[That's one thing we find Google lax about - making sure its advertisers are legit. While sites that use Google's ad networks (like us) have some control over the content of the ads, we learned long ago that trying to keep up with the cyber crooks and scammers out there is an unending task.]

It appears to us that there is no end to this kind of chicanery. The more people who are lured by Scanguard the more money they have to advertise, buy domains, and persuade other unsuspecting and trusting souls into jumping into the scum pond.

It is our opinion that Scanguard is a scam. Others have followed this rabbit down the hole and found alleged seamy links between Scanguard and sites like TheTop10AntiVirus. These so-called antivirus rating sites, are not legitimately rating antivirus programs by effectiveness, but appear to be rating them by how much they pay to be rated - or worse - may actually be owned by some of the companies who make the programs they rate. At best this is a serious conflict of interest and it misleads anyone who is not familiar with legitimate antivirus rating sites and protocols, which would be a majority of those who casually browse the Internet.

These kinds of sites, some possibly owned by cyber criminals and/or scammers, that entice people to buy Scanguard and its "cousins", are helping Scanguard and companies of its ilk earn millions of dollars, while, in our opinion, leaving people largely unprotected. These people  end up paying, in the end, far more than they were led to believe, for a program that is virtually worthless.

Notice that when searching for "Scanguard is a scam" the first two items you see are ads. One for Scanguard, the other thetop10antivirus.com - which exhorts you to "See Why Scanguard Are Awesome."

In our opinion, Scanguard is just another scam like MyFastPC, Finally Fast and all the others. When looking for antivirus efficiency, your should only trust legit sites that do real tests and rate antiviruses such as Virus Bulletin and AV Comparatives (to name 2) which are legitimate AV testing labs.;

www.virusbulletin.com  and www.avcomparatives.com  

Legitimate companies don't advertise one price and charge another (like Scanguard). They don't lure people in with the word FREE without the word "Trial" after it, and then find 5000 things wrong make people pay to fix them - especially when the things that it finds wrong are not problems, they're simply made up.

The real Scanguard is a scam. Here are just a few of the many articles warning people about Scanguard. and its seemingly affiliated  advertising -- fake antivirus rating sites like TheTop10AntiVirus web site:

https://davescomputertips.com/is-scanguard-legitimate/

http://www.thundercloud.net/infoave/new/dont-fall-for-the-scanguard-scam/

https://goo.gl/8YPlOZ

https://goo.gl/eNjmzQ

There are many other articles too. Just search for scanguard + scam or scanguard + fake, 

Emsisoft, BitDefender, Kaspersky, Panda, even Norton & McAfee are legitimate antivirus programs. But not Scanguard or any other program of its ilk.

We have looked at the real-world tests of Emsisoft and others on AV Comparatives & Virus Bulletin.  We have seen how well Emsisoft protects on our own computers and on many other computer. Emsisoft does not claim to be a miracle speed booster, one-click-wonder, or anything else but a great anti-malware & anti-virus. It ranks among the best antiviruses month after month, year after year, and it stands alone when you consider its malware (not just virus) protection and its protection against PUPs.

We warn you again: Don't fall for the Scanguard scam or you'll be sorry. 

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