January 25th, 2012
Antivirus Smart Protection is a rogue antivirus program is another member in the huge family of rogue programs Virus Doctor. Malware Protection Center that has recently started infecting as well belong to the same family. The purpose of this family of malicious programs is to steal money from random computer users. The application warns that your system is infected with tons of infections and recommends purchasing a full version of Antivirus Smart Protection in order to remove all malicious threats. The program also claims that this will protect your system against future infections.
If you ask how Antivirus Smart Protection manages to enter the system, the answer is simple. It employs Trojan viruses which are able to enter the system and bring some program with it without users authorization. Once inside, the Trojan creates some files which are later “detected” by the same program and listed as the infections. As you may guess, the program does all it takes to prove you that your system is infected and then attempts to sell Antivirus Smart Protection as a tool to fix everything in order to get money from you.
Please do not fall for this scam. If you noticed any of such signs on your machine, please delete Antivirus Smart Protection as soon as you notice it on your machine. Security experts highly recommend using a reputable antispyware program to do that.
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January 24th, 2012
Malware Protection Center is a dangerous application that was designed by cyber criminals in order to get money from random computer users. The application spreads on computers using Trojan viruses. Once inside, the program uses a fake scanner and mimics performing system scan. The application warns that your system contains tons of infections and it recommends removing them with a full version of Malware Protection Center.
In fact the scanner of Malware Protection Center is not able to detect anything. The program only imitates looking for infections but finally it displays fake scan results. You shouldn’t take any of them for granted so don’t even try to remove any files that are displayed as infections. You will also receive various security notifications and pop up ads which will warn that your system is at risk because of some malicious program detected on your system, hidden file transfers to remote host detected and similar things. These messages promote Malware Protection Center as a legitimate antspyware tool even though it is far away from the truth.
What is more, once you get infected with Malware Protection Center it will block most of your executables so you cannot run most of them. That’s another trick that cyber criminals use to keep their badware in the system as long as possible.
Do not trust this dangerous program. Use a reputable antispyware to remove Malware Protection Center and all other infections that could have infiltrated together with this badware.
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January 23rd, 2012
Internet Security 2012 is a fake antivirus program that was designed by computer hackers in order to steal money from random computer users. The application belongs to the same family as Privacy Protection rogue antivirus program. The program is installed to your computer completely secretly and then it is configured to start automatically with each system reboot.
Internet Security 2012 uses a fake scanner which only mimics system scan. The program claims that your system is badly infected and recommends getting its full version in order to finish the scan and erase all threats that have been infected. In fact Internet Security 2012 only wants you to pay money for it but it is not able to provide any protection related services.
What is more Internet Security 2012 causes tons of pop up messages and security notifications warning that some malicious program has been detected on your system or hidden file transfers to remote host has been detected. Once again in order to protect your computer you will be asked to purchase Internet Security 2012.
Get rid of Internet Security 2012 by scanning your system with a reputable antispyware program. Do not hesitate as it can damage your system even more.
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January 20th, 2012
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.
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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.
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