Sysinternals Antivirus Removal and Analysis
Sysinternals Antivirus is a malicious and fraudulent scareware program that uses fake Windows Security Center and fake Windows system alerts to warn the gullible users about non-existent malware infections and try to scam money out of the victims. … [visit site to read more] Advt Limited period offer! 15% off Norton AntiVirus 2010 Offer Expires [...]
Protection Center Removal and Analysis
Protection Center is a new fraudulent, malicious and fake anti-spyware program that attempts to cheat gullible users to purchase a subscription for itself. This program will simulate a scan of your system at every start-up and lists fake malware infections and produces a variety of genuine looking Windows system alerts that makes it difficult to [...]
Antispyware Soft Removal and Analysis
Antispyware Soft is similar in interface and behavior to Antivirus Soft, Antivirus Live and Antivirus soft scareware. This malicious, rogue security software aggressively displays fraudulent system security alerts about non-existent network infiltration attempts and malware. The anti spyware soft rogue when installed: Installs the Fake Windows Security Center where all the links lead to its [...]
Data Protection Removal and Analysis
Data Protection is a malicious, fraudulent security software that uses a variety of fake system alerts to scare the users into buying a subscription. It initiates a fake system scan at every system start and purportedly finds many non-existent malware infections. This scareware: Installs TDSS rootkit Disables TaskManager Disables Command prompt, Registry editor Prompts to [...]
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro Analysis and Removal
AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro is a malicious, fraudulent antivirus program that uses fake system alerts about non-existent malware infections and system infiltrations to scam the user’s into purchasing a useless license/subscription. The fake alerts are many and frequent making the computer nearly impossible to use for productive purposes. … [visit site to read more] You [...]
A-fast Antivirus Analysis and Removal
A-fast Antivirus is a fraudulent antivirus program that uses fake visual and aural system alerts to convince gullible users into buying a license for cleaning non-existent malware. The fake alerts are frequent and comes in many colors and sizes accompanied by an audio alert “Your System is infected. Activate full version to clear the system”. [...]
Crimeware: A new round of confrontation begins?
"The article examines the current state of malware attacks on clients of financial organizations, and methods for combating such attacks more effectively. More often than not, the attacks on clients of financial organizations follow a well-trodden path: the search for a suitable victim and the infection of their computer, the theft of their online banking [...]
Glype proxy may not cloak your identity
"A widely used proxy service thought to provide anonymous Web surfing and used to skirt network administrator bans on access to sites like Facebook frequently reveals sensitive information about its users, according to a Swiss security researcher. … [visit site to read more] Advt Limited period offer! Save 20% on Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 [...]
Cannot visit Security Websites ? Cleaning Malware
A common complaint heard from the victims of a malware attack is one of the following or its variations: Cannot visit antivirus sites – Cannot download antivirus software – Cannot update antivirus/antispyware definitions or updates. One of the symptoms of a malware infection is the inability to visit security related websites, presumably to gather information [...]
Unable to start in Windows safe mode ? Cleaning Malware
Safe mode is one of the trouble shooting options available with Windows. In safe mode the PC starts only with those files that are necessary to run Windows. In situations when the malware auto start with Windows and block most of the legitimate programs from running, it becomes an invaluable tool in fighting malware. Most [...]