Everything Anti-Malware! » avoid this http://remove-malware.com Reviews, Step-by-Step Guides,Toolkits and News Thu, 16 May 2013 15:53:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Another Reason to Hate Trend Micro… http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/another-reason-to-hate-trend-micro/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/another-reason-to-hate-trend-micro/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:41:55 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=2328

Tonight, one of my new clients asked me to clean up a rogue anti-virus app and install his new anti-virus, Trend Micro Titanium (…whatever that means).  I popped the disc in, clicked install and bam! Check out the screen shot below (click to enlarge): Are you F’n kidd’in me?  Trend Micro is NOT compatible with [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/another-reason-to-hate-trend-micro/feed/ 11 Fake YouTube Messages – Your Account is Infected! http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/rogue-anti-malware/fake-youtube-messages-your-account-is-infected/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/rogue-anti-malware/fake-youtube-messages-your-account-is-infected/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:56:45 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=2189

I was just doing my morning email chores when I stumbled across an email from my YouTube account.  This is what it said: s0m3b0de has sent you a message: Your Account is Infected Your YouTube account has been infected with a self mailing worm and will be terminated in approx. 48 hours if malicious activities [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/rogue-anti-malware/fake-youtube-messages-your-account-is-infected/feed/ 14 When Signatures Go Bad…Ouch! http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/when-signatures-go-bad-ouch/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/when-signatures-go-bad-ouch/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:33:41 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=2149 I’m really amazed that this doesn’t happen more often.  I suppose it underscores the need for moving to a HIPS based AM solution. “Users of the BitDefender antivirus software started flooding the company’s support forums Saturday, apparently after a faulty antivirus update caused 64-bit Windows machines to stop working. The company acknowledged the issue in [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/when-signatures-go-bad-ouch/feed/ 23 Double AntiSpy – Rated #1? http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/double-antispy-%e2%80%93-rated-1/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/double-antispy-%e2%80%93-rated-1/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:51:08 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/double-antispy-%e2%80%93-rated-1/

I listen to a lot of Satellite radio (I’m a big Stern fan) and while listening the past few days (9-08-09 through 9-10-09) I’ve been completely annoyed by a misleading…scratch that…completely false commercial  for a product called Double AntiSpy (in the commercial they say something like…”and ya know it’s the best because CNET and PC [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/double-antispy-%e2%80%93-rated-1/feed/ 46 Bing Search Engine Spam – Dangerous Fake Online Pharmacies http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/bing-search-engine-spam-dangerous-fake-online-pharmacies/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/bing-search-engine-spam-dangerous-fake-online-pharmacies/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:05:58 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=1634

I just read a really interesting report from the good guys over at KnujOn on how easy it is to advertise a fake pharmacy on Bing sponsored search.  Looks like Bing is turning a blind eye for ad revenue.  Almost all of these online pharmacies require no prescription and send people fake and/or hazardous drugs.  [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/bing-search-engine-spam-dangerous-fake-online-pharmacies/feed/ 4 Most Dangerous Search Terms http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/most-dangerous-search-terms/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/most-dangerous-search-terms/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:01:49 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=1429

Lifehacker posted a pretty cool article on the most dangerous search terms.  These terms are consistently dangerous throughout the year because they are highly searched and malware distributors know it.

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/most-dangerous-search-terms/feed/ 2 Confricker Worm Is Worse Than I Thought… http://remove-malware.com/uncategorized/confricker-worm-is-worse-than-i-thought/ http://remove-malware.com/uncategorized/confricker-worm-is-worse-than-i-thought/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:16:40 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=957 The Confricker Worm now attacks (and most likely infects): Shared Computers with weak passwords (home users in workgroups) Computers without the latest security updates.   Go here to download all your critical Microsoft patches! USB sticks and external hard drives Computers with open shares (common in corporate networks) Computers with weak passwords….ouch.  Confricker is actually hacking [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/uncategorized/confricker-worm-is-worse-than-i-thought/feed/ 13 Paris Hiltons Website Is Serving Up Malware http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/paris-hiltons-website-is-serving-up-malware/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/paris-hiltons-website-is-serving-up-malware/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:51:45 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=954 LOL…Paris Hiltons website has an embedded malicious iFrame that scans for vulnerabilities and then loads malware specifically used to access bank account info (a.k.a – banker malware).  Apparently Ms. Hilton has been serving us malware since January 8th.

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/paris-hiltons-website-is-serving-up-malware/feed/ 12 LOL! Someone Emailed Me A Rogue – Spybot 2009 http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/lol-someone-emailed-me-a-rogue-spybot-2009/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/lol-someone-emailed-me-a-rogue-spybot-2009/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:20:15 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=910 I was just checking my email when i saw something…um…not typical…Someone emailed me a rogue (a fake security product) that is a COMPLETE ripoff of Spybot Search & Destroy. These as*holes call it Spybot 2009.  Here is a copy of the email below: =========================== This email was sent to askus@remove-malware.com by internet.clientservice@gmail.com. Click here to view [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/avoid-this/lol-someone-emailed-me-a-rogue-spybot-2009/feed/ 4 Rising Antivirus Prevention…Yikes… http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/anti-malware-reviews/rising-antivirus-prevention%e2%80%a6yikes%e2%80%a6/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/anti-malware-reviews/rising-antivirus-prevention%e2%80%a6yikes%e2%80%a6/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:54:27 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/uncategorized/rising-antivirus-prevention%e2%80%a6yikes%e2%80%a6/ Well…I was going to test Rising Antivirus but I got sorta a bad feeling once I loaded the first malicious URL…yikes!!!! The background changed and the rogues we’re loaded…total fail IMO. I see no reason to load/test any other URL’s considering the first one I tested was 2 weeks old and completely hijacked the PC. [...]

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