FETCH! or Spyware Detector?
I recently bought the FETCH! computer game and installed it. A couple months later, I downloaded and installed Spyware Detector. I just noticed that it classified FETCH! as "Critical, Backdoor.Sdbot."
Here are the entries it found:
Information :
Date: 7/8/2007 07-07-43
OS Version: Windows Vista
Computer Name: (censored)
Backdoor.Sdbot Folder c:\program files\common files\thraex software Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Folder c:\program files\common files\thraex software\autoupdator Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot File c:\program files\common files\thraex software\autoupdator\autoupdator.exe#@#43BB068D0B313801D30D28C0B2B7BF0D Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Key hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Key hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\"program name" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\program name\:autoupdater Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\"installed version" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\installed version\:1.10.00 Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\"info" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\info\:automated update tool Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\"proxy" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\proxy\:0 Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\"dial-up connection" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\dial-up connection\:1 Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\"proxy host" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\proxy host\:localhost Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\"moretodo" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\moretodo\:0 Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\"xml download url" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\xml download url\:http://www.thraexsoftware.com/au/update-info.xml Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\"directory" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\directory\:c:\program files\common files\thraex software\autoupdator Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Key hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\notready Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Key hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Key hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Key hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft\fetch Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft\fetch\"program name" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft\fetch\program name\:fetch Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft\fetch\"installed version" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft\fetch\installed version\:1.00 Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft\fetch\"xml download url" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft\fetch\xml download url\:http://www.virtual-playground.co.uk/...etchupdate.xml Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Value hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft\fetch\"silentmodeallowed" Scan
Backdoor.Sdbot Registry Data hkey_local_machine\software\thraex software\autoupdator\programs\valusoft\fetch\silentmodeallowed\:1
avast! doesn't catch it. Spybot doesn't catch it. Ad-Aware doesn't catch it. Is FETCH! spyware, or is Spyware Detector rogue antispyware? I have never heard of Thraex Software, but ValuSoft is the company that makes FETCH!. I haven't quite been able to figure this out. I really had a hard time figuring it out, because Wikipedia doesn't have an article on FETCH!. :confused: I guess, while I'm at it, I'll go see if Wikipedia knows anything about Spyware Detector.
Please respond if you have any tips!