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Vista Smart Security 2010

OS Specific Rogues – Vista Smart Security 2010

I was hammered with a new (sort of) rogue called Vista Smart Security 2010 this week.   As far as I know this an OS specific rogue because I only saw it on Vista boxes.   This rogue is easy to delete, however it comes with an agent that suppresses commercial anti-malware. Here is the MBAM log [...]

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Is Rogue Anti-Virus Malicious or Should We Just Ignore Them

Looks like some people in the Avast forum are pissed that I pointed out that Avast missed a Rogue.   Yes, I know Rogues are not technically malicious and are quite hard for an AV to detect, however I personally think that Rogue’s are the MOST malicious applications out there. Rogue’s are designed to steal someones [...]

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Rogue AntiVirus is Going Green ;P

Rogue AntiVirus is Going Green ;P

Now this one is funny. I stopped by Ann’s house last night (one of my clients) and was greeted with a rogue that just made me laugh…Green AV!!! Obviously “going green” is a huge trend right now, so why not have a rogue AV that rides on that green trend. Personally that has to be [...]

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