Archive for 'Fake Antivirus'
How to Remove Virus Protector
VirusProtector is rogue software that reports false threats on the computer. The software must be downloaded manually by the user. When a user downloads Virus Protector and runs a scan, the program reports false scan alerts. This rogue software tries to fool the user in purchasing the full license in order to remove the false [...]
Full StoryBeware of Fake Microsoft Security Essentials
It’s a very common tactic to create rogue antivirus products that have a similar name, look and feel as the legitimate security software.
Microsoft has warned Windows users to be on their guard against a piece of rogue antivirus software passing itself off as Microsoft Security Essentials. Security Essentials 2010 is a piece of software Microsoft [...]
Security Tool Virus Update and Removal
This nuisance rogue malware program has resurfaced once again. Security Tool Virus was first discovered in October 2009. It’s in the same family as Winweb and it’s by far the toughest and most complex rogue software to remove, but we solved that issue last year.
Security Tool Virus is classified as a rogue software by many [...]
How to Remove Rogue Software PC Defender
PC Defender is rogue software that reports false threats on the computer. The software must be downloaded manually by the user. When a user downloads PC Defender and runs a scan, the program reports false scan alerts. This rogue software tries to fool the user in purchasing the full license in order to remove the [...]
Full StoryBeware of this Fake Antivirus Application AntivirusFraud
AntivirusFraud is a fake antivirus application. This security risk can be downloaded by other threats on the computer or by clicking on certain Internet advertisements, but it must be manually installed. When a user downloads AntivirusFraud and runs a scan, the program reports false scan alerts. The program than tries to fool the user in [...]
Full StoryParetologic feigns innocence, but evidence shows otherwise
A recent post on the WOT forum by a WOT community member details how this person received a PM from a ParetoLogic person questioning why a comment was made that ParetoLogic produces rogues:
The flavor of the PM from the ParetoLogic person was innocence. Additionally, the ParetoLogic person posted this:
“I found it difficult to find specific [...]
Trophy in the Rogue Hall of Shame
Most rogues do their dirty work by using an overwhelming number of detections (some, and maybe most, are false positives) to scare a novice into purchasing the rogue to remove what was either not there in the first place, or is trivial (like a tracking cookie or a missing help file).
Some like the one I [...]
Uniblue Offering Rogue Software?
An email from Uniblue to a colleague offering payment for placing a Uniblue link on his site has prompted me to come out of lurk mode and resurrect the Uniblue discussion.
This has been discussed before . . . if you do a search on “Uniblue” here on WOT, you’ll get 8 hits.
Uniblue has a yellow [...]
How to Remove AntiToolbar
AntiToolbar is a misleading application! This fake application can be downloaded from the publisher’s site and must be manually installed. When a user downloads AntiToolbar and runs a scan, it displays a large number of fake results about infections on the system. In order to remove the fake infections, the user is required to buy [...]
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