Scareware Rogues

xpsecuritycenter Rogue Security Program

May 9, 2008

xpsecuritycenter has only two pages in Google at the moment, it may not be regarded as a serious threat as it was noticed in the Spring of 2008. However, xpsecuritycenter belongs to a family of rogues. Many people rely on Site Advisor to check if a domain is good or bad, but site advisor is [...]

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UnigrayAntiVirus MonaRonaDona Scam

March 5, 2008

Malware that goads people into purchasing a fake rogue anti spyware program to remove it, is old news, only the name changes. So we have a new spin, MonaRonaDona appears to be malware created to scare people into purchasing a fake anti-virus product, Unigray AntiVirus. According to an analysis by Kaspersky Lab, MonaRonaDona’s author is [...]

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WinReanimator SpyBurner Rogue antispyware programs

February 16, 2008

New Rogues: WinReanimator is a rogue security program that is advertised and installed by the Vundo Trojan and other malware. The Vundo infection is typically installed by visiting or downloading executables from certain pornographic or crack sites. Once installed, the infections will bombard the infected computer with popups and fake security alerts stating that your [...]

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VirusHeat Rogue antispyware program

February 8, 2008

VirusHeat. Can’t say it enough, Rogue! VirusHeat is installed on your computer when you download and install a Trojan masquerading as a video or audio codec required to view a movie on the Internet. These fake codecs are know as Zlob Trojans. Once you install these programs, though, they install VirusHeat onto your computer along [...]

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Beware Google Search email alerts on Blogger

February 4, 2008

I saw this article over at NetWorkWorld dated 01/31/08. Google blog used to spread malware A Google-hosted blog is running phony security content that’s linked to malware, as well as using Google’s automated notification service to try to entice subscribers to click on an infected link, says one security expert. “This is the first time [...]

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AntiSpyBoss New Rogue AntiSpyware Program

January 16, 2008

This rogue will infect your computer if you install it. After surfing to a google cached page in Opera and Firefox, the rogue scan started immediately. How to remove AntiSpyBoss (Removal Instructions)

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MalwareCrush Rogue antispyware program

December 28, 2007

Yet another fake to be aware of. MalwareCrush is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses aggressive advertising and is installed onto your computer through the use of Trojans and other malware. This software is typically installed on your computer when you download programs masquerading as a video codecs required to view a video on a [...]

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Debate with rogue antispyware maker

November 4, 2007

I have been following a thread about iedefender at CastleCops. The topic started with: Attached below is a copy of IEdefender (hxxp://www.iedefender.com/) a new rogue software. The vendor responded: iedefender: Hello, we’re developers of IEDefender, our software is clean and is real antispyware. As we can see, people from your site send our exe to [...]

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VirusRay latest Zlob Rogue antispyware program

October 23, 2007

The Zlob Trojan Downloader typically poses as audio or video codecs, required to be installed on your computer so you can watch or listen to certain media. VirusRay is just the latest infection that downloads and installs rogue anti-spyware programs and displays fake security alerts in your Windows taskbar. When the Zlob infection downloads and [...]

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Ads by Google pushing Rogues

May 13, 2007

Normally I don’t bother to go through all the spams received on this blog before deletion, however today one Spam caught my eye: “download free removal spybot spyware | http://removalspyware.info |” because I have seen it advertised a lot via Google Ads. http://www.removalspyware.info/content/Detecting_Spyware_on_your_computer.php Which lists: spywareremoversreviewed.com and Spyware Remover 2006: Free Scan! 5 Star AntiSpyware [...]

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