New Rogue: Awola 6.0 Anti-Spyware
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Awola 6.0 Anti-Spyware is rogue anti-spyware installed via a trojan. Awola will display fake alerts saying that you're infected with a variety of malware even if your pc is absolutely clean. Awola "claims" it can remove all your infections for 79.99, however it does absolutely nothing but take your money.
The bogus company that pushes awola is located in the ukraine. Currently awola dot com is working, but you're not about to download the setup file.
Below is the whois info:
Registrant:
David Da Costa
99 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
US
Registrar: 000DOM
Domain Name: AWOLA.COM
Created on: 04-JUL-01
Expires on: 04-JUL-08
Last Updated on: 07-MAR-08
Administrative, Technical Contact:
Da Costa, David
99 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
US
212-320-9304
This fake anti-spyware can be removed using our removal instructions here.
AVG detects this rogue as SHeur.OGX
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