XP Police Antivirus
XP Police Antivirus is the name of the rogue AV infecting thousands of computers worldwide. It is not hard to get infected with this threat if you do not run a legitimate anti-spyware software on your PC. Our tests show that the attackers use social-engineering approach to convince users to download a so called "missing codec" in order to watch a certain trendy video. Instead of watching the promised clip, the unsuspecting user unwillingly installs XP Police Antivirus rogue. ...
Conficker Worm
Although computer technologies are improved every day, hackers also continue creating new ways of penetrating into PCs and infecting their systems. Conficker Worm proves that the only aim of cyber criminals is to delude new victims into disclosing their personal and credit card details. This attacker is reported to be extremely sophisticated and to use some new technologies. This worm is a challenge to security specialists and puts computers in real danger. ...
Antivirus Security
To ensure that your personal and financial information is protected PC users try to find the best security application. However, sometimes people are tricked by mischievous anti-malware tools, which have nothing to do with genuine AV software. Antivirus Security is one of these programs which are aimed at tricking more and more unsuspecting PC owners into thinking they have to pay for their registered versions to fix some system problems. ...
Spyware Guard 2008
If you are looking for trouble then you have most definitely found it with Spyware Guard 2008. This rogue antispyware application was designed by cyber criminals in order to fleece unsuspecting consumers out of their hard earned money. It may appear to be a legitimate security application, but the truth is that Spyware Guard 2008 only emulates the workings of a real security application. Spyware Guard 2008 does not own the ability to detect or remove any type of threat from the system, but is instead only interested in stealing its victim’s money. ...
Antivirus 2009
Antivirus 2009 is a new version of such computer threats as Ultimate Antivirus 2008, Vista Antivirus 2008, System Antivirus 2008 and many more. It is a rogue antispyware that can considerably slow down your computer just to swindle you out of your money, because easy financial gain is the main thing the criminals behind Antivirus 2009 are after. The truth is that Antivirus 2009 is a misleading program that provides you with exaggerated reports on threats that are supposedly there in your computer. ...
Virtumonde
Virtumonde is a Trojan which forms part of the well publicized and despised Vundo family of Trojans. It does not seek the user’s permission before forcefully entering and rooting itself in the system, and will proceed to cause havoc on the user’s system. It carries the infection of rogue security applications, some of which have been identified as WinFixer, SysProtect and WinAntiSpwyare. ...
System Security
Rogues seldom come alone and System Security isn’t the first in the line as well. It has an infamous background, because it hails from the same family of rogues as Winweb Security. As a rogue antispyware it pretends to be a real antivirus program, while in fact it does not have an ability to detect any kind of virus. System Security enters your system with a single goal only and that is your money. It can lure your financial information out of you before you even realize that you have been infected by a dangerous rogue. ...
Antivirus 360
Developers of rogue antispyware applications are becoming increasingly more and more sophisticated in their design and marketing approach of their rogues, as Antivirus 360 is a testament of. This is because in an increasingly more competitive online world, users are getting more educated on the perils of allowing rogue applications to run wild on their PCs. Antivirus 360 does a good job of convincing naïve users of its legitimacy with its well designed graphical user interfaces and legitimate looking fake security alerts. ...
Antivirus XP Pro 2009
Annoying pop-up messages and fake scan results are a common trick used by fake AV applications, and Antivirus XP Pro 2009 makes no exception. This program only pretends to be a legitimate and reliable security tool. In fact, it has nothing to do with genuine software. It’s aimed at deceiving more and more PC users into thinking that there are some serious issues with their computers and making them buy its full version. However, this intruder is not your friend, and you have to be extremely cautious with it. ...
Аntivirus XP Pro
Fake error messages and frightening system scan results are just some of the malicious tricks used by cyber criminals to mislead unsuspecting users into thinking they have to pay for a bogus security tool. These fraudulent techniques are used also by one of the latest creations of hackers - Аntivirus XP Pro. Although this software imitates a legitimate and reliable anti-malware application, this program is nothing but a scam tool and it cannot provide you with effective security solutions. On the contrary, it will try to gain control over the computer system and then pretend to have found serious system errors and problems. ...
