The program, SpywareNo, is installed on Internet users' computers without warning, can be difficult to remove and may be accompanied by malicious programs that hijack victims' Web browsers, according to interviews with spyware experts.

The company behind the new tool claims that it is the victim of unscrupulous online advertisers who bundle the product with noxious wares. Yet you will see nothing indicating that they have been a victim or disclaimer clearly defined on their site.

But at least one spyware expert says the new application is just the latest example of so-called "rogue anti-spyware" programs that exploit user naiveté and frustration with spyware.

SpywareNo is advertised as a desktop security software suite, with integrated firewall, application security and intrusion detection features, according to spywareno.com, the program's official Web site. Personally it certainly does not look that way.

This is a warning like with "SpywareAssassin" If I were SpywareNo and this actually happened as claimed I would be pushing out corrective measures on the front page of the company site.  The FTC busted "SpywareAssassin" full article. As I am sure this is but a trend to dupe people. It took some time for FTC to act on spywareassassin, perhaps it is likely this is time frame these people will operate. The sad part is this only makes unknown software companies suspect. At the end of the day the only people to benefit long term are the large software vendors. Making it very hard for startups like LavaSoft and SpyBot which are offer great free apps which do work.