I asked for a trial of PF3 and was sent the official automated email, instructing to enter a link to download the trial software. After unpacking the Zip-file, I get the first blocking and warning of Norton Security, moving the exe file to the vault. I instruct Norton that the file should be fine and so I execute the installer. Next in the line was Malwarebytes Premium, stopping the process and moving the file to the vault. I repeat to instruct Malwarebytes that the file is fine. Almost finishing the installation, Norton stops the installation process when the file "10Tec_Tooltip_100.dll" is being installed into the Windows System folder. I instruct it's ok. After restarting the computer, Grindinsoft (Anti-malware software) finds 7 suspicious new registry entries, flagging them as "PUP.RPL.Systemoptimizer.dd", "Rogue.RPL.Gen.bot" and "A part of PUP.RPL.Systemoptimizer.dd".
That last step with the registry changes was the part that was most troubling to me, hence I opted to ask the developer. His answer was that all were false positives.
I would like to ask you guys if anybody has run into this kind of agressive adversary of anti-malware and antivirus software against the files related to PF3 and if even so you have come to the conviction that the software is 100% safe even when all anti-malware software packages say otherwise and find evidence with supposedly suspicious registry changes?
Ralf Maeder
PS: If you wonder about the different dates of the both screenshots, I tried the download and installations two times, both with a similar outcome.