Re: BugHunter v2.2c Free MalWare Removal Tool

[4Q]

Dustin Cook wrote:
> BugHunter v2.2c released April 19th, 2007
>
> 1. Documentation updates
> 2. BUGINFO.DAT has been replaced by seperate files, one
> for each datafile.
> 3. Potential Crash Scenario resolved.
> 4. BugHunter will now display current directory number, total
> directories and percentage of current job done anytime
> "Searching" comes up on the screen.
>
> You can find bughunter here:
> http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
>
> Thank you!
>

No thank you, Sir! ;]]

And now allow me to give people the
opportunity to see a Bug**** appraisal
and a new award to add to his awards page

http://fourq.host.sk/INFO/BugHunter/


4Q

[Dustin Cook]

On Apr 19, 1:48 pm, 4Q <paul_z...@hushmail.com> wrote:
> Dustin Cook wrote:
> >BugHunterv2.2c released April 19th, 2007
>
> > 1. Documentation updates
> > 2. BUGINFO.DAT has been replaced by seperate files, one
> > for each datafile.
> > 3. Potential Crash Scenario resolved.
> > 4.BugHunterwill now display current directory number, total
> > directories and percentage of current job done anytime
> > "Searching" comes up on the screen.
>
> > You can findbughunterhere:
> >http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
>
> > Thank you!
>
> No thank you, Sir! ;]]
>
> And now allow me to give people the
> opportunity to see a Bug**** appraisal
> and a new award to add to his awards page
>
> http://fourq.host.sk/INFO/BugHunter/
>
> 4Q


After examining your site, perhaps the readers would like to read the
following information in response. Thanks for being stupid enough to
keep the site the same. I've already imaged it for safe keeping
anyway.

Recently, the BSer 4Q has published what he feels is a clone of
BugHunter.

Let's compare the two.

This is a BugHunter clone, it's basically a cobbled together script
comprising of bASIC.
The program uses industry standard MD5 (128bit checksumming). MD5
information,
code and algorithm is freely available on the net. This clone does
not
use Charles Dye's
LOCATE.COM but used the internal DIR command to generate a recursive
list of files.
(Longfile names and DOS 8.3 format are supported with XP's internal
DIR)

The program shells to a 3rd party program, md5. BugHunter shells to
locate.com to acquire a recursive list, 4Q requires md5 (not his own)
and
shells via command.com to have dir do the work, hardcoded, leaving no
customization room without the source code.

XLIST.TXT (Supplied with the program. This is a file containing the
Malware MD5 checksums)
In the case shown here this is Malware BugHunter 2.2 (by Dustbin
Cook)

This would by all accounts be a false alarm, and along the same lines
as
tactics used by PCButts. I recommend 4Q's site be added to the mvp
deny
list; as it's obviously misleading people.

4Q's program generates an md5 signature for each file on your hard
disk,
and then compares the results to a "known" text file containing
supposedly bad md5checksums.

This leaves the high probability of variants of the same stuff
getting
by; as his routine doesn't have the ability to determine file a and
file
b are both zlob if he doesn't have two md5 checksums.

BugHunter does not scan every file on your computer, as it's database
system is able to provide it more information than a single checksum
value. One such value is the file length. 4Q's program will
checksum
every single file on your computer (well, drive c: only, he didn't
consider network shares or read-only media), wasting oodles of your
valuable time; and giving you a very real false sense of security due
to
the sheer amounts of variants it will miss.

BugHunter does not rely on 3rd party programs for the engine to run,
the
only time 3rd party programs (which is available with source code, as
is
md5) are used is for mundane things like, a recursive list and
process
suspending/killing.

4Q is using enclosed statements when it's not necessary, clearly
indicating his unfamiliarity with the language. It's no wonder what
should have taken 10 minutes to write took him roughly 2 hours.

For example,
open ("O",2,"B2.DAT"
is not necessary; this is classic newbie textbook asic programming.
open "o",2,"b2.dat" will work just as well.

Various other newbie coding style is present, but it's basically
amusing
demonstration of his skills. Remember folks, it took him roughly 2
hours
to come up with this cpu cycle wasting gem. Not to mention the
unnessary
wear and tear on your hard disk, md5checksumming all files n all.


"It is effectively the same application "

If anyone thinks his work is the same as mine, then I invite you to
re-
read my post. He's comparing a pinto to a mustang.

Also mentioned on your review is the following bogus information,
Would
you mind backing the following statement up?

"It is alleged that the BugHunter crapware is a sleeper Trojan
and will put peoples privacy at risk. " - 4Q showing extreme paranoia
on
alt.comp.virus. Next he'll tell us he really was abducted by aliens.

"Dustbin Cook is a well known malware spreader and has
authored (and spread) many virus, worms and trojans." - 4Q outright
lieing in public. I never wrote any trojans, and my collection of
malware
was fairly small compared to many other authors.

4Q, feel free to mention to the audience that you are also a malware
author, and you did spread your work. Compare our actions equally for
a
change. You host a worthless website and generally do nothing for the
good of anyone. I write/maintain a useful application which is
designed
to disable/remove similiar things to what both of us used to write.




--
Dustin Cook
http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk

[What's in a Name?]

After much thought,4Q came up with this jewel:

> Dustin Cook wrote:
> > BugHunter v2.2c released April 19th, 2007
> >
> > 1. Documentation updates
> > 2. BUGINFO.DAT has been replaced by seperate files, one
> > for each datafile.
> > 3. Potential Crash Scenario resolved.
> > 4. BugHunter will now display current directory number, total
> > directories and percentage of current job done anytime
> > "Searching" comes up on the screen.
> >
> > You can find bughunter here:
> > http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
>
> No thank you, Sir! ;]]
>
> And now allow me to give people the
> opportunity to see a Bug**** appraisal
> and a new award to add to his awards page
>
> http://fourq.host.sk/INFO/BugHunter/
>
>
> 4Q

and here is a real appraisal
http://software.techrepublic.com.com...87249&tag=nl.e
072

max
--
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[no.pencil.necks]

On Apr 23, 12:35 am, "What's in a Name?"
<maxwach...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> After much thought,4Q came up with this jewel:
>
>
>
> > Dustin Cook wrote:
> > > BugHunter v2.2c released April 19th, 2007
>
> > > 1. Documentation updates
> > > 2. BUGINFO.DAT has been replaced by seperate files, one
> > > for each datafile.
> > > 3. Potential Crash Scenario resolved.
> > > 4. BugHunter will now display current directory number, total
> > > directories and percentage of current job done anytime
> > > "Searching" comes up on the screen.
>
> > > You can find bughunter here:
> > >http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
>
> > > Thank you!
>
> > No thank you, Sir! ;]]
>
> > And now allow me to give people the
> > opportunity to see a Bug**** appraisal
> > and a new award to add to his awards page
>
> >http://fourq.host.sk/INFO/BugHunter/
>
> > 4Q
>
> and here is a real appraisalhttp://software.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx?docid=287249&tag=nl.e
> 072
>
> max
> --
> Virus Removal Instructionshttp://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/
> Keeping Windows Cleanhttp://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/keepingclean.html
> Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply. nomail.afraid.org is
> specifically setup for USENET.Feel free to use it yourself.

Wow. 261 downloads as of my look.

Read it and weep, Nick from SuperAntiSpyware. 261!!

That number again, 261!!!

2

6

1

BAM!

Must be 261-thousand, based upon the chest pounding of [its] author.
ack

Hey, Mr. Duntin "k0okY' Cook, how about incorporating and naming your
company
(drum roll)
ta-da!

Thin Neck Productions?

heh

n.p.n

[Dustin Cook]

"no.pencil.necks" <no.pencil.necks@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1177407617.503192.103770@n35g2000prd.googlegr oups.com:

> On Apr 23, 12:35 am, "What's in a Name?"
> <maxwach...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> After much thought,4Q came up with this jewel:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Dustin Cook wrote:
>> > > BugHunter v2.2c released April 19th, 2007
>>
>> > > 1. Documentation updates
>> > > 2. BUGINFO.DAT has been replaced by seperate files, one
>> > > for each datafile.
>> > > 3. Potential Crash Scenario resolved.
>> > > 4. BugHunter will now display current directory number, total
>> > > directories and percentage of current job done anytime
>> > > "Searching" comes up on the screen.
>>
>> > > You can find bughunter here:
>> > >http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
>>
>> > > Thank you!
>>
>> > No thank you, Sir! ;]]
>>
>> > And now allow me to give people the
>> > opportunity to see a Bug**** appraisal
>> > and a new award to add to his awards page
>>
>> >http://fourq.host.sk/INFO/BugHunter/
>>
>> > 4Q
>>
>> and here is a real
>> appraisalhttp://software.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx?docid=2872
>> 49&tag=nl.e 072
>>
>> max
>> --
>> Virus Removal Instructionshttp://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/
>> Keeping Windows Cleanhttp://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/keepingclean.html
>> Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply. nomail.afraid.org is
>> specifically setup for USENET.Feel free to use it yourself.
>
> Wow. 261 downloads as of my look.

Great. That's from that website alone tho. It doesn't include direct
downloads from my host.

> Read it and weep, Nick from SuperAntiSpyware. 261!!

Heh, Nick and myself are not competitors. BugHunter doesn't offer all of
the features of SuperAntiSpyware. Your unfamiliarity with both products
is however, noted. I'd strongly recommend you read the documentation for
both programs before commenting on them further. You can find information
on both products from the sites respectively. You don't have to download
BugHunter to read the documentation, I provide it online as well:

http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk/BUGHUNT.TXT

It's the same file included inside the BUGHUN22.ZIP file, direct linked;
no html. No hit counter, nothing special.

> Must be 261-thousand, based upon the chest pounding of [its] author.
> ack

What chest pounding? BugHunter does a reasonably well job of removing
malware known to it. I don't see this as an issue if I happen to mention
what the program can do and how useful it can be to people. I'm giving
people another option in the fight against annoying malware. The more
programs that look for this material, the better. Theirs more than enough
malware samples so that every one of us can keep updating our programs
for awhile yet!




--
Dustin Cook
Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool - v2.2c
email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
web..: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
Pad..: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk/pad.xml