04 Jun 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under Fake Antispyware, Spyware | No Comments »

Spyware.CreditCarder.y Threat Level: Spyware.CreditCarder.y is a pest

Spyware.CreditCarder.y is a “threat” that appears on the websites and security scans of fake antispyware XP Antivirus Protection, AKA XP Antivirus 2008.

And why is Spyware.CreditCarder.y dangerous? Only because Spyware.CreditCarder.y might scare you into wasting $49.95 on XP Antivirus.

Unless you like getting ripped off, don’t download the software the Spyware.CreditCarder.y popup links to. You’re not really infected with Spyware.CreditCarder.y — you’re infected with scamware that you need to remove.

I’ll show you how to get rid of Spyware.CreditCarder.y and XP Antivirus 2008, for free.

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28 Feb 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under Keyloggers, Spyware | No Comments »

PC Police Gold Threat Level: PC Police Gold is a threat

PC Police Gold is a commercial keylogger that captures copies of your emails, chats, instant messages, and keystrokes typed. PC Police Gold may have been installed for legitimate purposes — i.e., monitoring children’s Internet safety — but PC Police Gold may be catching your username and passwords for accounts, tracking your online conversations, watching which websites you visit, what files you download from peer-to-peer applications, seeing what applications you launch, and more. PC Police Gold may be a severe violation of your security and privacy, putting your financial and personal data at risk.

I suggest removing PC Police Gold immediately, and dumping whoever installed PC Police Gold onto your PC.

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11 Feb 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under Spyware | No Comments »

aJust got this nice email today:

  From:  notice@irs.gov
  Subject:  Refund ID:  WBEKTQQLMY
  Date:  February 11, 2008 7:43:10 AM EST
  To:  undisclosed-recipients: ;
  Reply-To:  notice@irs.gov

After the last annual fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to process it.

To access the form for our tax refund calulator [SIC], please copy/paste in your browser the link bellow:

http://www.hashita.co.il/index.htm

Even if this wasn’t an obvious phishing email — see the “undisclosed recipients,” catch that typo, note the link to a non-IRS page? — you should never click on one of these emails and give out your personal information.

If you really think you’ve received a real IRS email about a tax refund — hope is a four-letter word — type in the IRS’s official URL, find their phone number, and call them to check.

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27 Jan 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under Spyware | 2 Comments »

ProduKey Threat Level: ProduKey is a threat
ProduKey screenshotProduKey is freeware that shows your product key and product ID for various software. ProduKey can be installed and used for legitimate reasons, but because ProduKey can collect the information on computers in your local network, ProduKey might also be misused to view information on remote computers.

You know, like you use your car to get to work, but also to do donuts in your neighbor’s lawn. Good vs. bad.

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24 Jan 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under Spyware | 15 Comments »

Covenant Eyes is commercial spyware that tracks your web browsing activity. If Covenant Eyes is installed on your computer, you’ll see an icon in your system tray, along with a splash screen when you boot up Windows that informs you you’re being watched by Covenant Eyes. Covenant Eyes then emails your “accountability partner” your web browsing history. Covenant Eyes can be legitimately installed on a shared computer to watch a spouse or employee’s activities, but this one’s got a special religious twist: it’s really about keeping you away from porn.

I know. Covenant Eyes is rather unholy.

Though, in theory, you asked someone to install Covenant Eyes, I’d remove Covenant Eyes. Uninstall Covenant Eyes here.

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25 Aug 2007 | By Kristopher | Posted under Spyware, Trojans | No Comments »

3wPlayer Threat Level: 3wPlayer is a threat

3wPlayer screenshot3wPlayer may be a rogue media player that tells you it will play hot videos when it’ll really infect your computer with trojans and other malware. Some of the malware 3wPlayer installs on your PC may disable your anti-virus software. Get rid of 3wPlayer immediately, and save your computer by buying quality porn. DailyAppz.Play3w.com may be 3wPlayer’s official site.

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25 Aug 2007 | By Kristopher | Posted under Spyware | 3 Comments »

YahooSpyMon Threat Level: YahooSpyMon is a threat

YahooSpyMon is commercial spyware that may record your conversations on Yahoo! Messenger. Unless you want your wife to know what you did with your friends in Las Vegas, I suggest you remove YahooSpyMon immediately. And then break up with whoever installed YahooSpyMon onto your machine.

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20 Aug 2007 | By Kristopher | Posted under Spyware | 3 Comments »

PC Pandora Threat Level: PC Pandora is a threat

PC Pandora is a commercial keylogger that may record every keystroke you make while being “invisible” to your main system by running as a low level system process. PC Pandora may take screenshots of your computer activity at preset intervals and track which programs you run, along with what websites you visit. As PC Pandora may record all your keystrokes as you type, your email and instant messenger conversations may be spied on. PC Pandora may save this information locally so it can be retrieved with a password, or PC Pandora may email this information to whoever installed PC Pandora. Though PC Pandora has to be manually installed, PC Pandora may be a severe violation of your security and privacy, putting your financial and personal data at risk. I suggest you uninstall PC Pandora and dump whoever put PC Pandora on your PC. PC Pandora.com

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23 Jun 2007 | By Kristopher | Posted under Spyware, Trojans | No Comments »

Trojan Zlob.PornoPlayer Threat Level: Trojan Zlob.PornoPlayer is an extreme danger

Trojan Zlob.PornoPlayer is a trojan that may mask itself as a legit video application for porn, when Trojan Zlob.PornoPlayer may actually allow hackers to control your computer. By doing this, Trojan Zlob.PornoPlayer tears a huge security hole in your PC and puts your personal and financial info at risk. Trojan Zlob.PornoPlayer may also launch popup ads, and Trojan Zlob.PornoPlayer may be related to everyone’s favorite Trojan, Zlob. Unless you’ve got a strange idea of fun ways to spend your weekend, you’ll want to remove Trojan Zlob.PornoPlayer right away.

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23 Jun 2007 | By Kristopher | Posted under Spyware, Trojans | No Comments »

Trojan Zlob MovieBox Threat Level: Trojan Zlob MovieBox is an extreme danger

Trojan Zlob MovieBox is a trojan that may mask itself as a legit video application, when Trojan Zlob MovieBox may actually allow hackers to control your computer. By doing this, Trojan Zlob MovieBox tears a huge security hole in your PC and puts your personal and financial info at risk. Trojan Zlob MovieBox may be related to everyone’s favorite Trojan, Zlob. Unless you’ve got a strange idea of fun ways to spend your weekend, you’ll want to remove Trojan Zlob MovieBox right away.

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