Sites that have spyware installers available for download?

[Kaervak]

I want to test the effectiveness of the anti-spyware tools I use, problem is I have no idea what sites to go to to infect a machine or what software to install that will infect them. I have a "sacrificial lamb" of a system that I'll be doing the testing on, but I don't want to connect it to my network before/during the infection. Hence the need for the installers. I don't need a lot of, just a few should do it. I swear I'm not going to use these maliciously against anyone. I have no problems screwing up my systems, but I would never do that to anyone else. Yes I'm well aware that other people have tested anti-spyware tools before, however it's usually Paid vs. Free. What I want to do it test the ones I use and see how well they do their job. Much appreciated to anyone that can help me out.

 

[John]

http://www.spyaxe.com/

http://www.spysheriff.com/

http://www.surfsidekick.com/

http://download.bearshare.com/BSINSTALL.exe

 

[Kaervak]

Thanks for the links. I couldn't even download surf sidekick while on this system. AVG caught it as a virus. On my test system, I was able to clean out the stuff from the other three. Much appreciated. Anyone have other links?

 

[John]

What anti-spyware & virus scan apps are you using? A lot of various malware gets download by trojans. Usually the vundo variants, surf sidekick, and e2give can get tricky to remove once they are installed.

 

[Kaervak]

The ones I'm using are Ad-Aware, Spybot, Windows Defender & Hijack This. I also have several registry scanners I use after I run the spyware scanners. I'll probably have to hunt down some nastier spyware and try and see if I can get rid of it.