Is E-excelleration or Stopsign good?

[Christalsdream]

My parents are paying for stopsign and she was wondering if this was a good program?   I was telling her how you helped me.  What are the best ones out there to catch everything for those of us who don't know that much about computers.  We are just wondering if you could point us in a direction. 

Thanks,

Christal

[Dr Jay]

They are both rogues, and are not recommended.

They are listed in some HOSTS files as well:

http://hosts-file.net/?s=stop-sign.com
http://hosts-file.net/?s=eacceleration.com

with classification: EMD.

EMD=Engaged in malware distribution.

[Christalsdream]

Thank you for the information.

They have been paying a yearly fee for this "security".   What do you suggest they do?  What type of program should they be using... It is a Vista OS.

[Dr Jay]

Attempt to get  refund.

Go with something much more trusted, which would be:

Avira Free, or Premium: http://www.avira.com (Premium is a low cost, and powerful solution.)
Kaspersky Antivirus: http://www.kaspersky.com
ESET Nod32 Antivirus: http://www.eset.com
Avast Free antivirus: http://www.avast.com

[Christalsdream]

Thank you again.  They chose Avast.  They are on dial up and evidently it takes 13 hours to download...they started the download then stopped it now it appears they can't go back to it now.... I am 18 hours away.  LOL