Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

Smart Protection 2012

Friday, January 20th, 2012
 
Recker Trojan
Recker Trojan
Recker Trojan

Smart Protection 2012 is a not the one that you should fall for. In reality it’s a dangerous virus that manages to come inside the system without any permission asked. For that, it uses trojans virus that also makes some modifications helping the malware launch once computer is rebooted. In addition, Smart Protection 2012 starts seeking your attention and displays continuous alerts that all report the same thing: your PC is infected and you need to purchase the licensed version of Smart Protection 2012. As you can see, this cyber threat is a sneaky program imitating functionality of normal security application. Please, ignore these alerts and never purchase licensed, registered, full or whatever it is called version.

Smart Protection 2012 is designed by one group of the scammers that try to get users’ money in all ways they can. For that, it is designed to display only misleading facts about the status of your computer and interrupt every time you start using your PC. In addition, it has also been noticed to disable all security programs found on the PC and disconnect infected PC from the Internet connection. Please, make sure you remove Smart Protection 2012 from your PC without any delay.

Smart Protection 2012
Smart Protection 2012
 

XP Home Security 2012

Thursday, January 19th, 2012
 
XP Home Security 2012 is another malicious program that infects computer systems over the Internet in order to gain some money from computer users. It spreads over system vulnerabilities with a help of Trojan viruses. Once inside, XP Home Security 2012 modifies Windows Registry in order to play the main role in controlling the whole system.
These changes are responsible for a bunch of security notifications and pop up messages that are not only very annoying but they may also mislead you into thinking that your system is badly infected with various spyware infections. However, you shouldn’t trust any of them once they mention purchasing XP Home Security 2012 or is somehow related to XP Home Security 2012. That’s because they are only trying to trick you into purchase a fake program.
Besides, once you are infected with XP Home Security 2012, every computer reboot will be followed by a scanner of XP Home Security 2012. This scan must be ignored just like the messages by XP Home Security 2012 application just because the program is fake and it is not able to detect any real infections.
Another irritating consequence of the existence of XP Home Security 2012 inside the system is browser hijacking. Once you attempt to visit some Internet page you may end up visiting a website promoting XP Home Security 2012 as a legitimate antispyware program. That is done in order to convince you into purchasing a full version of XP Home Security 2012 once again.
Please, do not trust any information claiming that XP Home Security 2012 is a legitimate antispyware program. If you have noticed any of the traces of this dangerous application on your computer, you should consider removing XP Home Security 2012 as soon as possible.
XP Home Security 2012
XP Home Security 2012
 

Win 7 Antivirus 2012

Thursday, January 19th, 2012
 
Win 7 Antivirus 2012 is a fake antivirus application that belong to the family of multi name rogues. The main feature of this badware is that it can change its name according to the operating system of the targeted computer. As you may guess, Win 7 Antivirus 2012 can be found on the systems running Windows 7 operating system.
The application imitates looking for infections by running a fake scanner. It warns that your system is infected and recommends getting a full version of Win 7 Antivirus 2012 in order to remove detected threats. The program also states that your system is infected by displaying tons of security notifications and pop up ads which will claim that your system contains tons of infections. Ignore these statements as they are nothing close to reality. Win 7 Antivirus 2012 does not have any featured of a security tool.
Get rid of Win 7 Antivirus 2012 from your system as soon as you detect it on your machine. It is a creation of cyber criminals who only look for the ways to get money. If you have paid for this badware, please contact your credit card company and dispute the charges.
Win 7 Antivirus 2012
Win 7 Antivirus 2012
 

Internet Security Guard

Monday, January 16th, 2012
 

Internet Security Guard is a rogue antivirus program that tries to trick you into thinking that your system is infected and recommends getting a full version of its program. The main goal of this badware is to collect as much money as possible from different computer users.

Internet Security Guard spreads on computers with the help of hacked websites and also using fake scanners online. Hacked websites can easily spread various infections to a bunch of different systems. Fake scanner imitates performing system scan on your machine and warns about various security threats on your machine. In reality your system can be completely clean but the program will claim the opposite. The program will state that if you pay for a license of Internet Security Guard, you can activate the program and all your security issues will be solved.

Additionally, the program generates fake alerts named as Address space conflicts, System Message or Memory access problem. These message warn about some access conflict, dangerous viruses or some other problem. These security notifications are fake just like the scan results of Internet Security Guard.

Use a reliable antispyware program to eliminate Internet Security Guard from your system quickly and easily.

Internet Security Guard
Internet Security Guard
 

System Check

Friday, December 30th, 2011
 

System Check is a malicious application that imitates actions of a fake system defragmenter, but in fact it is a completely useless program. This badware strongly reminds of System Fix and Data Repair fake system defragmenters which were popular some time ago.

The program gets inside the system with the help of Trojan viruses. These infections make some changes in the targeted system which make System Check to be run automatically with each system reboot. The program imitates performing system scan which ends up stating that your system needs defragmentation. By the very end, the program recommends getting a full version of System Check so it could solve your security issues.

Most probably the program will warn about some hard drive problems of RAM issues even though your system is completely fine. Moreover, it will constantly threaten you by displaying different security notifications and pop up ads which will warn about your had drive problems as well.

Please get rid of System Check as soon as you detect it on your machine. Please do not act the way System Check tells you to act. This is not a program worth your trust.

System Check
System Check