WinAntiVirus - Spyware or real program?

[Kelemvor]

I'm looking at a co-worked computer and they have WinAntiVirus Pro 2005 installed as their Virus software. I ran Spybot and it came back with 64 entries for WinAntiVirus2005Pro marked as Spyware/Winsoftware.

Is this program legit or is it spyware that looks like anti-virus software?

I've never heard of it before so don't know.

 

[Kelemvor]

hmm, and mods wonder why people post software questions in the OT forum. 8 views here all day, 40 views over ther ein like 5 minutes.

 

[LuDaCriS66]

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

"aggressive advertising (1, 2, 3, 4); false positives work as goad to purchase; inappropriate collection of Personally Identifiable Information; same company as WinAntiSpyware 2005 & WinFixer [A: 5-21-05 / U: 9-4-05]"

 

[mechBgon]

Yeah, it's from the WinFixer guys. Bad News.

 

[theMan]

spyware.