Get the 411 on Spyware
Monthly Archives July 2012
IEToolbar
There are a lot of browser extensions that users might install themselves without giving it a second thought. Later on, these extensions might cause quite a few problems and IEToolbar is one of those applications that you should be cautious of. If you install this Internet Explorer extension yourself, ...
XXXCounter
XXXCounter is a tracking cookie from the XXXCounter website. If you have cookies enable on your browser, the website injects the cookie the moment you land on the respectable webpage. XXXCounter tracking cookie gathers information about your browsing activities, various preferences and your main search keywords. ...
Windows Virtual Firewall
Windows Virtual Firewall and its predecessor clones, like Windows Premium Defender, all belong to the same family and look exactly alike. The interfaces are identical, infiltration channels are the same, and scam execution is operated with selfsame methods. If you are not careful enough with your browsing and downloading habits, the rogue antispyware will not take too much time to slither in, and start pretending to be a legal and reliable computer safety application. ...
Windows Premium Defender
Have no trust in Windows Premium Defender, because it is just another treacherous clone of the cunning Windows Web Combat application. Equally to its latest predecessor, the newly produced program is also a fake antispyware, and has the same, extremely believable interface, which has successfully stultified thousands of Windows users. ...
Searchqu
Searchqu is a browser hijacker that uses free, bundled software downloads to get into targeted operating systems. The infection can be attached to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome Internet browser and is presented as a toolbar. One can determine the existence of a hijacker through uncontrollable browser dysfunctions, including continuous redirections to suspicious online sources or unauthorized visual modifications. ...
File Recovery
File Recovery is the latest computer infection that does not inform the user about its installation and invades the system unnoticed. This infection is similar to such malicious applications as Data Recovery. The rogue infects the system after installation of malicious applications or a Trojan. ...
Windows Web Combat
You surely know there are tons of dangerous infections that can sneak into the PC’s system unnoticed. One of them is Windows Web Combat, a clone of Windows Virtual Angel and others, which is known as a bogus application pretending to be computer security software. It is created to present imaginary infections of the system to make the user think that the system is infected. ...
Windows Virtual Angel
Windows Virtual Angel is a fraudulent application among software that should not be installed on your computer. This fake security tool has been created by the cyber criminals who write such malware as Windows Profound Security and others. The criminals attempt to obtain money from Windows users by introducing a simulated tool which is expected to be activated as soon as a user loses his/her patience. ...
DNS changer
DNS changer is a malicious computer infection that usually disables the computer’s antivirus programs and manipulates users by redirecting them to suspicious and dangerous websites. Criminals behind the malware can control what websites are visited by computer users. ...
FBI DNS Changer
Check whether your computer’s IP address is within the range from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254, because you might be infected with FBI DNS Changer, if your Internet connection is disabled or you cannot open desirabled websites. FBI DNS Changer is a piece of malware that creeps in to the system unnoticed and does not allow users to use the Internet. ...
