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AV Security 2012

November 9th, 2011
Another fake antivirus program has been recently released by cyber criminals in order to rip off random computer users. The application secretly gets inside the system under the name of AV Security 2012. Once inside the application changes some settings in your Windows Registry and then the program starts fulfilling its malicious plan. AV Security [...] Read more on How to remove AV Security 2012?

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System Security 2012

November 4th, 2011
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System Security 2012 is another rogue antivirus from fakeScanti family. The makers of this family released System Security 2011 recently which looked quite odd. The most rogue makers distribute malware with next year in the name to look more “up-to-date” and professional. Thus it is not surprising that System Security 2012 was released just days [...] Read more on System Security 2012 removal guide

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Privacy Protection

November 4th, 2011
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Privacy Protection is fake anti-malware program that simulates activity of legitimate programs capable to solve your computer’s protection issues. Keep in mind that Privacy Protection is not one of them because it has been released by scammers only to swindle the money. For making victims pay for Privacy Protection license, this rogue anti-spyware starts showing faked [...] Read more on Privacy Protection removal instructions

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System Security 2011

October 20th, 2011
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System Security 2011 is a dangerous scamware that starts scanning the system and does all other things that should make it look like extremely helpful application for your computer. However, it is just another rogue AV product which was let into the wild for ripping users off. Its victims are always told that there are [...] Read more on System Security 2011 removal instructions

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AV Protection Online

October 18th, 2011
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AV Protection Online is a clearly malicious application that will start ruining your computer as soon as it manages to get inside. It has been found to hail from the same family as Cloud Protection malware, so it can be clearly categorized as rogue anti-spyware application where all members from this category act almost identically. [...] Read more on AV Protection Online removal guide

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Cloud Protection

October 10th, 2011
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Cloud Protection is dangerous malware which will do its best in trying to make users believe that they have been infected. To be more precise, it can be predicted to report various Trojans, worms and other malware detected and then will offer to purchase its license. As you can clearly see, Cloud Protection simply tries [...] Read more on How to remove Cloud Protection?

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Guard Online

October 8th, 2011
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Guard Online is a completely different skin of rogue antivirus of WinAVPro family, including such notoriaus rogues as BlueFlare antivirus, Open Cloud AV and some others. This parasite has different background and color scheme from other ones in this family, however it is not so different in functionality. Guard Online will infect your PC through [...] Read more on Guard Online removal guide

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AV Guard Online

October 6th, 2011
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AV Guard Online is a misleading program which will present itself as anti-virus program and later will start asking you to pay of its license. No matter how trustworthy it looks, keep in mind that this scam relies on Trojans when it comes an infiltration moment and you can easily get it on your machine [...] Read more on How to remove AV Guard Online?

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Security Guard 2012

October 4th, 2011
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Security Guard 2012 is a con by fake application makers to force one paying for unnecessary software. This software pretends to help remove various malwares and viruses, however it is spread by trojans and security vulnerabilities itself. Typically, Security Guard 2012 is a result of a visit to infected website. This can happen either voluntary [...] Read more on Security Guard 2012 removal guide

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OpenCloud AV

October 4th, 2011
OpenCloud AV is a part of OpenCloud Antivirus scam which is dangerous malware program released for numerous reasons. This virus helps for the scammers to steal users’ money, spreads other malware and also tracks users’ keystrokes to get financial or other data from its victims. No matter how trustworthy it looks, Open Cloud Antivirus just [...] Read more on OpenCloud AV removal instructions

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Security Sphere 2012

September 29th, 2011
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Security Sphere 2012 is a fake antivirus, a new version of Personal Shield Pro, sharing not only the same GUI but misleading tactics as well. Being designed to swindle users’ money, it can’t be trusted and left on your computer, so remove Security Sphere 2012 rogue anti-spyware once you notice a sign of its existence [...] Read more on Security Sphere 2012 removal guide

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Advanced PC Shield 2012

September 28th, 2011
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Typically, one gets infected by Advanced PC Shield 2012 by visiting infected websites or downloading and installing faked software like faked Adobe Flash updates. Another strategy to distribute such malware are scam online scanner websites that fake system scan results and display various infections that are promised to be fixed after downloading trial version of [...] Read more on Advanced PC Shield 2012 removal guide

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Data Recovery

September 14th, 2011
Computer users are suffering form one more fake application spreading on the Internet and attempting to swindle their money away. The application is called Data Recovery and it’s a fake computer analysis and optimization program. It spreads to computer systems actively using Trojan viruses. Data Recovery creates an illusion of being a security tool which [...] Read more on Data Recovery removal guide

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OpenCloud Security

September 4th, 2011
OpenCloud Security is another fake antivirus similar to OpenCloud Antivirus and Wolfram Antivirus. This malware enters the system through various vulnerabilities or through faked updates, free downloads or other kind of scams. Once installed, it will stop legitimate programs from execution claiming that they are infected. Warning! The file “notepad.exe” is infected. Running of application [...] Read more on OpenCloud Security removal guide

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OpenCloud Antivirus

August 27th, 2011
OpenCloud Antivirus is a new name for fake antivirus programs from the same family as Wolfram Antivirus. This family of rogues (sometimes called WinAVPro) is installed by trojans and creates one file with the same name as system file (csrss.exe), with a link from startup folder so this file would be executed once system starts. [...] Read more on OpenCloud Antivirus removal guide

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