WindowsRecovery Removal and Analysis
Windows Recovery is a scareware which masquerades as a system performance optimization tool. Belonging to the FakeSysdef trojan family, it comes in many names including HDD Defragmenter, Check Disk, Windows Repair, Windows Restore, Windows SafeMode, Windows Fix Disk and Windows Recovery. It uses a variety of fake warning alerts about non-existent errors in computer hard [...]
Antivirus Protection Removal and Analysis
Similar in design and behavior to Antivirus soft and Antivirus Live rogues, this scareware aggressively displays a number of fake security alerts about network infiltration attempts and non-existent malware. Hijacks Internet Explorer by modifying the proxy settings and automatically opens porn websites every now and then. IE is allowed to visit only the sites related [...]
BitDefender 2011 Removal and Analysis
This scareware uses the name of a legitimate security application to ply its trade upon unwary users. BitDefender 2011 scareware copies the logo and design elements of the well known bitdefender range of security products. Once installed, this rogue software blocks execution of legitimate programs with fake security alerts. These fake warning messages are very [...]
Antivirus AntiSpyware 2011 Removal and Analysis
Antivirus AntiSpyware 2011 is rogue security application, similar to Internet Security 2010, Security essentials 2010, Security essentials 2011 etc., Once installed, this scareware produces frequent fake security warnings about non-existent malware and network intrusions. This rogue software pops up a security alert and blocks execution of legitimate programs. The fake security alerts come in a [...]
Antivirus Clean 2011 Removal and Analysis
Antivirus Clean 2011 is a fraudulent security software that displays fake Windows warning messages about non-existent malware infections to scare the victim to purchase a license. This scareware actually phishes for the credit card data instead of just scamming the user for a subscription. The secure payment page to which the user is taken on [...]
Malware runs even in safe mode ? Cleaning Malware
Yes! malware can even run in safe mode and safe mode with networking. A common devious method is to inject a malware process into legitimate Windows processes like userinit.exe, explorer.exe etc., These processes are loaded as part of the core drivers and services that Windows loads during a safe mode boot. … [visit site to [...]
MS Removal Tool Removal and Analysis
MS Removal Tool is similar in design and behavior to the System Tool rogue. It uses yellow system alert messages to get itself installed. MS Removal Tool blocks execution of most programs and Windows administrative tasks like Task Manager, Command prompt, Registry editor etc., presumably to protect itself and at the same time to scare [...]
Find and Remove SpyEye Banking Trojan
SpyEye banking trojan first made its appearance about a year back as a competitor to what is till then known as the king of all bots Zeus/Zbot. Security researchers believe that both bots have now joined hands to prey upon online banking users world-wide. … [visit site to read more] Author: Shanmuga Copyright © 2005 [...]
Recommended Reads ? 26 March 2011
FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab: An overview of Rustock – “As you might have seen in the news, the largest spam botnet, Rustock, was recently taken down in a collaborated, coordinated way. All parties involved were bound by a sealed federal lawsuit against the John Doe’s involved, but now that … [visit site to read more] [...]
CleanThis Removal and Analysis
CleanThis scareware uses the Fake Security Essentials Alert to download itself on to the victim’s computer. Once installed, this rogue software proceeds to restart the system automatically, on restart access to the desktop is completely blocked. Taskbar is hidden, right click is disabled and the fake scan is run identifying non-existent malware. You cannot close [...]
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Finding A Free Virus Scan
I did a Dogpile search for free virus scan and found a lot of information about a lot of different products. The first search result for free virus scan turned up PCTools.com. They offer a product called Spyware Doctor 4.0 that was declared Best of the Year 2005 by PC Magazine.
Another result in my Dogpile search for free virus scan took me to a product called Trend Micro Housecall. They offer to scan your computer for free while you surf the internet. You must agree to their terms and conditions before you run their program.
Stop-Sign.com offers a free virus scan. You must download their product to get the free scan. They say that symptoms of infection are slow opening files, constant pop-ups and lots of warnings about illegal operations. They also suggest that you use a free virus scan if you computer is just slow.
Another website that I found while looking for a free virus scan was Kaspersky.com. This website is really nifty. If you have a suspect file on your computer, you can run it through their website and find out if it is harmful or not. I selected a few files on my computer to check and they all came back fine.
Panda Software has a free virus scan. They say that they can scan, disinfect and eliminate 110,000 viruses, worms and Trojans from all of your system devices, hard disks, compressed files and all of your emails. The difference between the free virus scan and
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The free virus scan offered by Panda Software cannot eliminate spyware, dialers, security risks, hacking tools or jokes. There is also no internet tech support or e-mail tech support with the free virus scan.
Using a free virus scan is a good idea because malicious viruses can kill your computer. There is nothing more heartbreaking than having your computer get infected with bad things. There are really smart people coming up with new ways to attack other people’s computer, just for the fun of it. There are also a lot of really smart people that come up with ways to stop them.
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