Personal Protector is a rogue anti-spyware application and obvious clone of Personal Guard 2009 rogueware. Usually, this application must be manually installed, but it may also come bundled with other malware. Once installed, the rogue program runs several fake system scans and reports many false system infections or security threats. Then it displays fake security [...] Read more on How to remove Personal Protector?

Rogue Anti-Spyware

LinkSafeness is a new rogue anti-spyware program, and the third one from the WiniSoft family with new design. Other than that, this parasite is just the same as countless other rogues: it enters the system by employing the use of trojans, and relies on misleading information to trick users into purchasing it’s so-called “licensed version”, [...] Read more on LinkSafeness removal guide

Rogue Anti-Spyware

Control Center is a new rogue program, which pretends to be an all-in-one security application and system optimization tool. The reality, however, is much sadder than that, and it would not be an overstatement to say, that Control Center is basically money for nothing. Control Center uses downloader trojans and drive-by downloads to enter the [...] Read more on Control Center removal guide

Rogue Anti-Spyware

SiteVillain is a clone of the most recent rogue in the WiniSoft family – AntiAID. This parasite has the same GUI and functions as it’s predecessor. SiteVillain typically uses trojans and drive-by downloads to enter the system, and relies on misleading advertising to trick users into purchasing it’s so-called “license”. Once inside, SiteVillain performs actions [...] Read more on Stop SiteVillain from harming your PC

Rogue Anti-Spyware

Antivirus Live is a fake anti-virus program and the successor of the notoriously popular Antivirus System PRO rogue. AntivirusLive looks the same as it’s “brother”, it’s functions are nothing out of the ordinary: this parasite relies on Trojans-Downloaders and drive-by downloads to enter the system, and relies on misleading advertising to trick users into purchasing [...] Read more on Antivirus Live removal guide

Rogue Anti-Spyware

Groundhogday2.cn is a malicious website, used to promote the notorious rogue anti-spyware program Personal Antivirus. This rogue is distributed by trojans, which are also capable of hijacking the browser, resulting in constant redirections to Groundhogday2.cn and other similar domains. This website looks like a regular Windows explorer window, which has an online system scan. The [...] Read more on How to remove Groundhogday2.cn?

Browser Hijacker

Trojan-PSW.Win32.Dripper is a backdoor trojan, known for it’s nefarious tactics used to steal personal information including passowords, account information, e-mail addresses and so on. However, these malicious practices are not the reason for mentioning Trojan-PSW.Win32.Dripper. This parasite is increasingly being used by rogue anti-spyware programs, Additional Guard, Enterprise Suite, and System Defender in particular, to [...] Read more on Stop Trojan-PSW.Win32.Dripper from harming your PC

Adware

Enterprise Suite is a fake security program and a clone of Windows Enterprise Suite, Windows Enterprise Defender and other rogue antispywares that belong to the Virus Doctor family. Because it hails from the same group of parasites, you shouldn’t expect anything new from Enterprise Suite. This parasite merely mimics its predecessors and seeks to convince [...] Read more on How to remove Enterprise Suite?

Rogue Anti-Spyware

The “Windows Security Alert” popup is a misleading piece of information, displayed by some fake online system scanners, most recently Allinonesecurityv.com, which has made it it’s job to sell the rogue anti-spyware program Personal Antivirus. The popup reads: Windows Security Alert To help protect your computer, Windows Web Security has detected trojans and ready to [...] Read more on "Windows Security Alert" Popup removal guide

Adware

Allinonesecurityv.com is a malicious website, used to promote the fake anti-spyware program Personal Antivirus. This website is usually reached after the user’s browser has been hijacked by trojans related to the rogue scam. When browsing the user will constantly be redirected to Allinonesecurityv.com, which is a website hosting a fake system scan. This scan looks [...] Read more on How to remove Allinonesecurityv.com?

Browser Hijacker

AntiAID is a new rogue anti-spyware program in the WiniSoft family of rogues. Unlike most rogues in this family, AntiAID has a different kind of GUI – apparently the other one got a bit old after being used countless times. Other than that, AntiAID is much the same as any other rogue: it uses trojans [...] Read more on AntiAID removal guide

Rogue Anti-Spyware

SystemWarrior is yet another rogue anti-spyware program in the WiniSoft family of fake spyware removers. These same people have been responsible for countless scams throughout these last few months, with SystemFighter and SystemVeteran being their most recent “work”. SystemWarrior is no different than it’s predessesors: it looks the same and it works in the same [...] Read more on Stop SystemWarrior from harming your PC

Rogue Anti-Spyware

The botnet, that was responsible for roughly a third of the world’s spam mail was recently taken down by the security firm FireEye. The disappearance of the botnet, known as Ozdok or Mega-D, may well go unnoticed by most users, due to the fact that most of it’s IPs were already blacklisted by most e-mail [...] Read more on Largest Source of Spam Taken Down by FireEye

Articles

AntiMalware is a fake security application that was created by the same hackers who are responsible for another rogue named Active Security. Anti Malware is designed to come unexpectedly and run at startup. After entering the system, AntiMalware disables security software, so as to prevent removal. Don’t mix AntiMalware with Malwarebytes’ AntiMalware, which is a [...] Read more on AntiMalware removal guide

Rogue Anti-Spyware

SystemFighter is exactly what it sounds like: a fighter against the Windows system. This parasite is yet another rogue anti-spyware in the numerous WiniSoft family. Much like it’s predecessors, SystemFighter uses downloader trojans and drive-by downloads to enter the system, and relies on misleading advertising to trick users into purchasing it’s so-called “full version”, which [...] Read more on How to remove SystemFighter?

Rogue Anti-Spyware