Archive for February, 2007

Drive Cleaner

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
 
Recker Trojan
Recker Trojan
Recker Trojan

Today, when most computers around the world are connected to the Internet, we know why privacy is so important. We don't want anybody to access our browsing history, cookies, program usage statistics and other tracks that we leave. Not only these tracks can be used to spy on us, but they can also be valuable for identity thieves. A lot of different privacy cleaners and privacy protection programs are available for download. You may think that installing any of them can really help. But that's wrong! Privacy cleaners can also be corrupt much like as rogue anti-spyware. Let's take Drive Cleaner for example. It is a corrupt tool that purportedly erases your Internet tracks, cookies and other temporary files. This program looks legit and sometimes even works. But reports it produces are mostly inaccurate and exaggerated. They work as goad to purchase. This application can get into your system as a result of the infection. Work through Drive Cleaner removal instructions to get rid of it.

Drive Cleaner
Drive Cleaner
 

Antivirus Golden

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
 

If your computer keeps displaying popups “System Alert: Malware threats�? and asks you to download Antivirus Golden to remove them, hold on for a while. Antivirus Golden is a trojan + fake security program and it can’t remove any threats. In most cases it can change your browser’s homepage in order to trick you and make you buy their software. More dangerous feature is that it can redirect you to other malicious web sites. Antivirus Golden in quite pesky spyware as it can rebuild itself.

 

To erase Antivirus Golden and to prevent other threats install an anti-spyware. Here’s a list of legitimate anti spyware programs.

Antivirus Golden
Antivirus Golden
 

MalwareWiped

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
 

MalwareWiped is another corrupted antispyware. Don’t get fooled by this malware; it’s as malicious as its previous version MalwareWipe. MalwareWiped is useless. It pretends to be antispyware, but it’s not able to scan files and folders or detect some threats. It’s ineffective and it’s not worth your time and money. One more “feature�? – it is advertised by trojans that secretly install themselves into a computer and show false alerts. If you are looking for anti-spyware and suspect that the one you’ve chosen is malicious, take a look at the list of unmasked corrupt anti-spyware.

MalwareWiped
MalwareWiped
 

MalwareWipe

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
 

If you decided to keep your computer safe and install an anti-spyware, make sure it’s not a malicious one.
MalwareWipe is one of useless programs which pretend to be a spyware removal tool. It looks like antispyware, it can scan your computer and even find some infected files, but it can’t detect and remove the most majority of today’s threats. MalwareWipe spreads around as it is “advertised�? by several trojans. If suddenly you see an alert on your computer screen saying you need to buy MalwareWipe, you already got the trojans. You can get rid of them using malware wipe remove.

MalwareWipe
MalwareWipe
 

PopCorn

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
 

Adware programs may look less dangerous than viruses and spyware parasites. They may also be quite predictable and less sophisticated. But adware programs definitely are the most annoying threats on the Internet. Let’s take a look on one widely spread adware parasite – PopCorn. This one pretends to be useful download manager for online media content such as movies or games. But once you install it, it starts serving lots of pop-ups that not only advertise something, but also demand to pay for that fake download manager in order to continue using it. The threat may even take over your screen and aggravate its removal. Isn’t it annoying? Living with PopCorn might look safer than with multiple viruses. But this would drive you mad. Fortunately, PopCorn can be easily removed. Link provide info on manual and automatic removal.

PopCorn
PopCorn