09 Feb 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under BHOs, Browser Hijackers, Fake Antispyware | No Comments »

Edfqvrw Toolbar Threat Level: Edfqvrw Toolbar is a Pest

Edfqvrw Toolbar Edfqvrw Toolbar is a clone of a Zlob.Trojan/Trojan Zlob toolbar, which is designed to sell rogue anti-spyware, partly through Edfqvrw Toolbar’s buttons for “Scan Spyware, Spam Protection, Remove Popups, and Security Test.” Edfqvrw Toolbar may change your home page. Edfqvrw Toolbar might also use annoying popups to promote rogue anti-spyware, like WinSpyKiller. Edfqvrw Toolbar might also top your search results with this fake message:

“Warning: possible spyware or adware infection! Click here to scan your computer for spyware and adware…”.

Unless you like getting ripped off, don’t believe Edfqvrw Toolbar and the products it’s pimping.

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07 Feb 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under BHOs, Browser Hijackers | No Comments »

Search-Daily.com Threat Level: Search-Daily.com is a Threat

Search-Daily.com is a browser hijacker that redirects you to Search-Daily.com.com and other malicious sites that’ll download malware onto your computer. Search-Daily.com may also popup fake Windows registry errors on your PC at startup, log your activity and send it to a hacker, and slow down your PC while doing so. Search-Daily.com may have been installed onto your computer through a trojan, using browser security holes.

Search-Daily.com is hard to remove manually, but you should delete Search-Daily.com ASAP. Unless you like broken computers.

If that’s the case, email me and I’ll sell you my 1999 Dell.

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05 Feb 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under BHOs, Browser Hijackers, Fake Antispyware | No Comments »

Ekxdvft Toolbar Threat Level: Ekxdvft Toolbar is a Pest

Ekxdvft Toolbar Ekxdvft Toolbar is a clone of a Zlob.Trojan/Trojan Zlob toolbar, which is designed to sell rogue anti-spyware, partly through Ekxdvft Toolbar’s buttons for “Scan Spyware, Spam Protection, Remove Popups, and Security Test.” Ekxdvft Toolbar may change your home page. Ekxdvft Toolbar might also use annoying popups to promote rogue anti-spyware, like WinSpyKiller.

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01 Feb 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under Adware, BHOs | No Comments »

ActivShop Threat Level: ActivShop is a minor threat

ActivShop is adware that installs itself as a BHO — “Browser Helper Object” — in Internet Explorer. ActivShop may launch annoying popup ads on your PC, and ActivShop may also hijack your searches and show related ads in a sidebar that it downloads from ActivShopper.com.

ActivShop may also be known as “ActivShopper,” or, “Major Annoyance.”

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30 Jan 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under BHOs, Trojans | No Comments »

Trojan.BHO.ab Threat Level: Trojan.BHO.ab is a threat

Trojan.BHO.ab is a trojan pretending to be a legit BHO (”browser helper object”). Trojan.BHO.ab launches tons of popup ads and redirects you to different websites. Trojan.BHO.ab might slow down your system to the point of regular crashes.

Unless you like wasting money, don’t buy any products Trojan.BHO.ab is advertising.

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30 Jan 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under BHOs, Browser Hijackers, Fake Antispyware | No Comments »

Elfwgps Toolbar Threat Level: Elfwgps Toolbar is a Pest

Elfwgps Toolbar is a clone of a Zlob.Trojan/Trojan Zlob toolbar, which is designed to sell rogue anti-spyware. Elfwgps Toolbar may change your home page. Elfwgps Toolbar might also use annoying popups to promote rogue anti-spyware, like WinSpyKiller.

Unless you like getting ripped off, don’t believe Elfwgps Toolbar and the products it’s pimping.

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27 Jan 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under Adware, BHOs, Fake Antispyware | 2 Comments »

Dcads Toolbar Threat Level: Dcads Toolbar is a Threat

Dcads Toolbar is a toolbar that pops up ads and might install more malware and rogue anti-spyware into your PC. Dcads Toolbar might slow do your system, and even make it crash. Getting Dcads Toolbar popups that read, “Ads served by Dcads” or “Ads served by Superiorads”?

Throw your computer out the window. Or remove Dcads Toolbar.

Your pick.

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24 Jan 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under BHOs, Browser Hijackers, Fake Antispyware | No Comments »

Egodktf Toolbar Threat Level: Egodktf Toolbar is a Pest

Egodktf Toolbar is a clone of a Zlob.Trojan/Trojan Zlob toolbar, which is designed to sell rogue anti-spyware. Egodktf Toolbar may change your home page. Egodktf Toolbar might also use annoying popups to promote rogue anti-spyware, like WinSpyKiller.

Unless you like getting ripped off, don’t believe Egodktf Toolbar and the products it’s pimping.

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05 Jan 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under BHOs, Browser Hijackers, Fake Antispyware, Trojans | No Comments »

Ensfolr Toolbar Threat Level: Ensfolr Toolbar is a Pest

Ensfolr Toolbar is a clone of a Zlob.Trojan/Trojan Zlob toolbar, which is designed to sell rogue anti-spyware. Ensfolr Toolbar may change your home page. Ensfolr Toolbar might use annoying popups to promote rogue anti-spyware like VirusHeal, AntiSpyware Shield, AntiSpy Golden, and Malware Burn.

Unless you like getting ripped off, don’t believe Ensfolr Toolbar and the products it’s pimping.

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01 Jan 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under Adware, BHOs | No Comments »

BarBrowser Threat Level: BarBrowser is a Minor Threat

BarBrowser may be a toolbar that’s really adware and spyware. BarBrowser may track your web browsing habits and activities and send this information to a remote server.

“Remote server” sound too technical? You might substitute “remote server” with “a stranger who shouldn’t know what you’re doing.” If you value your privacy, remove BarBrowser.

I wouldn’t want anyone to know what I was looking at online. Uh, not that it’s bad.

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