Watch Me Block Viruses!
Hi Everyone! I made a quick video to show you the power of Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. Watch me act like an unsuspecting user that (almost) gets duped into installing a virus or rogue application.
People often ask me why I like Spyware Doctor With Antivirus so much, so I’m going to give everyone [...]
Rogue – Internet AntiVirus
Internet Antivirus is fake antivirus software designed to extort money from people using scare tactics. Internet Antivirus starts scanning at boot time and displays 100% fake scan results in an effort to scare a PC user into buying the program. Internet Antivirus is a complete FAKE piece of software. If you did [...]
System Doctor 2006 – Rogue Anti-Fixware
Well…this one hit close to home. One of our secretaries called and said she had some popup that kept popping up asking her to correct severe system errors. I immediately knew this was some bull Sh*t rogue application…seen one seen’em all.
System Doctor 2006 uses the same GUI style that Norton Products use. [...]
Antivirus XP 2008 – Rogue AntiVirus
I discovered a new rogue on Saturday over at a clients house (Barb S.).
This looks a lot like Windows Defender doesn’t it? Anyway, Barb had Trend Micro 2006 (which was working and updated) however Trend was completely unaware that there were applications like this running +40 pieces of malware hiding in System32.
Removal:
First [...]
Vista Antivirus 2008 - Rogue
Tom Fergunsan called me and asked for an appointment ASAP. He said he was being inundated with popups saying that he had no Antivirus (he did, AVG Antivirus 8.0) and that he needed to purchase Vista Antivirus 2008. Obviously, this is Rogue Antivirus (fake Antivirus) designed to coerce users into paying for it [...]
SpyShredder 2.1 – Rogue Anti-Malware
SpyShredder is Rogue Anti-Malware (fake software). SpyShredder has 2 purposes.
Make you buy it for 9.95
Steal your Identity
This SpyShredder starts scanning at login and displays numerous fake results. When the scanning is complete, SpyShredder will ask you to register it in order to clean the infections. Don’t ever register this program. [...]
Rogue – Advanced Cleaner (AdvancedCleaner)
Wow! My client from last night has had his PC for 3 days and he already has a rogue anti-privacy application installed. AdvancedCleaner is scareware.
AdvancedCleaner loads rather quickly at bootup and immediately starts displaying fake scan results that basically say…”Hey, I’ve been lookin at some porn!”.
My client’s wife was rather perturbed after seeing [...]
AntiVirProtect Removal
AntiVirProtect is new Rogue is being actively distributed on Google Groups (that’s where we got it from on our VM). Please do not confuse this with AntiVir which is a legit antivirus from Avira.
AntiVirProtect is loaded from a Zlob Trojan and cannot be easily removed. Like all fake anti-malware AntiVirProtect displays false [...]
Kaspersky doesn’t remove rogue anti-malware
It saddens me to say this, but KAV 7 doesn’t detect rogue anti-malware at all. On our infected Virtual Machine Kaspersky removed over 300 pieces of malware, however it left behind Virus Heat and SystemDefender (2 fake anti-malware programs designed to swindle pc users out of money). KAV has always been my favorite [...]
Rogue – Privacy Watcher
Well, it’s not your typical rogue anti-malware, but it was pretty effective in making my clients wife pretty PO’d at her husband. Why? Privacy Watcher displays fake alerts or reports saying that you have visited a lot of porn (or adult sites) as they call it. As always in order to remove [...]
