Personal Security is a copy of badware nuisances Cyber Security and Total Security 2009. It’s one of those not-very-fun programs that somehow gets onto your computer as you’re web-surfing, then bugs you incessantly until you find a way to wipe it off your hard drive.

Luckily, there’s a reliable formula for getting rid of Personal Security. The first step is to ignore everything it says. Once it gets on your computer, it’ll throw everything at you—Personal Security pop-ups, fake system scans, pushy requests for money. Ignore it all, because none of it has any basis in reality.

After that, time to push back against these nagging scammers. Ready? I’ll show you how to uninstall Personal Security for free.

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Introducing RESpyWare, the latest badware release from the makers of REAnti and KeepCop. These programs are easily recognizable by their clunky blue-and-design and their awkward names. I mean, RESpyWare? Is that supposed to be a catchy name?

Anyway, all of these programs have the same M.O. They sneak into your computer through a Trojan, run fake system scans showing made-up threats, and then ask you for money for full protection. And if you’re lucky, you may also see repetitive “Spyware Alert!” taskbar messages, plus RESpyWare pop-ups that spam you as you surf the web. Don’t you just love those?

But there is a solution, so don’t send your computer packing just yet. I can show you how to remove RESpyWare for free.

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Antivir is a nasty badware release whose main goal is to scare you into paying money to activate a so-called “license,” which doesn’t actually exist. It’s promoted through Antivir pop-ups that appear when you’re surfing the web, and it gets into your computer through sleazy, slippery tactics.

If that’s not enough, the lovely people who created this charming program have made it so that it runs every time you start your computer and can’t be shut down until you remove it. Once installed, it shows phony system scans that “detect” a bunch of made-up viruses, but this is all just part of the Antivir scam.

Sick of this program’s sordid scare tactics? Let me show you how to delete Antivir from your computer for free.

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REAnti is another oddly named, awkwardly designed badware release from the makers of KeepCop, SecureKeeper, and LinkSafeness. Like those other clunkers, this fake security software sneaks into your system, uglies up your monitor with REAnti pop-ups, and tries to scam money from you with sneaky scareware tactics. Fun stuff.

The most irritating thing about the REAnti scam is that it just doesn’t stop. REAnti alerts show fake system scans showing made-up threats with crazy names like z996worm569.dll. If you search your computer, you’ll find you don’t actually have these things. They’re just trying to scare you into paying.

Not a fan of manipulative web scammers with poor taste in color schemes? Let me show you how to get rid of REAnti for free.

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If Additional Guard seems to have a lot in common with recent spyware pests Enterprise Suite and System Defender, that’s because they’re basically the same program, released under different names. If this is your first experience with this fake antispyware, remember it, because you may see it again.

Like its badware buddies, this Additional Guard scam enters your computer through misleading emails or web downloads. Once installed, it distributes 20 or so harmless files throughout your computer, which it then “detects” through a phony system scan. Finally, when you’re good and scared, it starts asking for money.

Are these Additional Guard pop-ups causing you to have doubts about this whole internet thing? Read on, and I’ll help you get rid of Additional Guard for free.

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KeepCop is the latest offering from the badware makers whose SecureKeeper and LinkSafeness tormented our hard drives with phony alerts and tortured our eyes with their hideous black-and-blue design. How do these people sleep at night, knowing they’ve inflicted the ugliest badware in history upon thousands of innocent web users?

Keep Cop gets into your computer through misleading downloads, and then it does everything in its power to make you wish you’d never heard of the internet. It spams your browser, impersonates Windows Security Center, and displays KeepCop pop-ups showing fake “Infiltration Alert!” warnings and made-up infections. Then come the requests for money. Ignore.

Ready to send this program to the scrapheap where it belongs? I’ll show you how to uninstall KeepCop for free.

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The badware Eco Antivirus 2010, like Green AV, is a shameless ploy to earn our trust with phony environmental concern. I have no idea what security software, fake or otherwise, could do for the environment, and EcoAntivirus 2010 doesn’t explain. Its eco-friendliness apparently doesn’t go beyond the title, the leafy design, and the nonsensical tagline, “Stay Protected, Care of Earth.” Nice English there, guys.

Like other fake antispyware programs, this one spams you incessantly with Eco Antivirus 2010 pop-ups showing fake system scans. It’ll say your computer has viruses with names like Win.IEMonster.d, but it’s all made up. Ignore the requests for money.

Ready to eliminate this scam from your carbon footprint? Here’s how to get rid of Eco Antivirus 2010 for free.

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Enterprise Suite is a fresh badware release from the wonderful people who inflicted System Defender and Windows Enterprise Suite upon us. Like those old pests, this fake antispyware gets on your computer as a Trojan and does everything it can to scam money from you.

In addition to the usual Enterprise Suite pop-ups and fake security scans, this program puts a bunch of little files throughout your computer so that it can “detect” them in its scan. How very kind. Let’s all thank the Enterprise Suite scammers for filling our computers with more useless files.

Ready to show your appreciation by wiping this scareware off your hard drive? Let me show you how to get rid of Enterprise Suite for free.

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SecureKeeper, a clone of recent badware pests LinkSafeness and SiteVillain, is an irritating little program with an attitude to match its unsightly design. It enters as a Trojan, installs itself, and puts you through the wringer with phony SecureKeeper alerts and fake scans showing made-up viruses like “Email-Worm.VBS.Trader.” Oh, and did I mention it’s ugly?

Then, Secure Keeper shows a fake “Security Center Alert” saying, “Infiltration Alert!” and then it says you’re being attacked from the IP Address 169.103.177.196. These are just typical fake antispyware tactics designed to scare you into giving money for a non-existent program.

Ready to get these offensively designed SecureKeeper pop-ups out of your line of sight? Keep reading, and I’ll show you how to get rid of SecureKeeper for free.

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Personal Protector is fake antispyware whose sole purpose for existing is to steal cash from unsuspecting web citizens. It gets onto your computer through deceptive downloads, and it configures itself to start automatically whenever you turn on your computer. And this isn’t one of those viruses that runs quietly in the background. This Personal Protector scam is so aggressively obnoxious that you’ll wish you never heard of the internet.

Once installed, a Personal Protector alert pop-up pretends to detect various security threats on your computer, and then it tries to trick you into paying to “Get full-time protection.”

How about we skip the whole payment thing and get right to Personal Protector removal? Read on, and I’ll show you how to uninstall Personal Protector for free.

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