Archive for April, 2008

Securityscannersite.com Removal Tool

Securityscannersite.com is a malicious web-site registered and hosted in Russian Federation. The purpouse of this site is to hijack your homepage and display fake online spyware scan results to scare you and trick to download and than purchase XPAntivirus 2008 rogue anti-spyware. Securityscannersite.com may be installed by trojan horse and may damage your computer. We [...]


April 30th, 2008

How to remove AntiSpywareMaster (Removal Instructions)

AntiSpywareMaster is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same developers as AntiSpywareExpert. Once installed, AntiSpywareMaster will scan your computer and display a variety of false positives and fake results, which can only be removed if you purchase a license of the software. The problem is that the infections found are all legitimate programs being falsely labeled as malware. For example, AntiSpywareMaster flags the C:\Windows\System32\loghours.dll file as Dialer.Sexprovider. In reality, though, this is a legitimate Microsoft Windows file. It goes without saying that you should take anything this program displays with a grain of salt. Below are screen shots of AntiSpywareMaster. [...]


April 30th, 2008

How to remove Antivirus 2008

Antivirus 2008 is a rogue anti-malware program that displays false results and requires you to first purchase the software before you can remove anything. When installed, Antivirus 2008 will scan your computer and list a variety of infections found on your computer. When most anti-malware programs, and even rogue ones, scan your computer they will list the infections as specific registry keys or files. Antivirus 2008 moves away from this tradition... [...]


April 30th, 2008

Adult Content Dialer Removal Tool

Adult Content Dialer is the fake spyware detection message generated by rogue anti-spyware programs (like MalwareBell, IE Antivirus) to scare users and trick them to buy "full version" of spyware remover. Adult Content Dialer (X.cab) popups may slow yo...


April 30th, 2008

PCSweeperPro Removal Guide

Do you know what PCSweeperPro is? DESCRIPTION PCSweeperPro is a rogue anti-spyware program that may prompt users to purchase additional fake programs for removal of spyware. PCSweeperPro, like its name, is a Pro at sweeping away your money in return for a worthless program that does not remove spyware. PCSweeperPro prompts users with a big red “compromised files” and “danger” tag when it performs a system scan. PCSweeperPro may be installed through sites infected with Trojans or through a download of a fake video codec. We discovered that PCSweeperPro is not very convincing in the way it misspelled the word “security” within the program. What good program that you know of misspells key words that describe the application? Right off the bat we know that PCSweeperPro is nothing but another fake rogue that is out to take money from computer users that fall into its trap. PCSweeperPro.com was found to be the website that promotes PCSweeperPro and provides a download for PCSweeperPro. PCSweeperPro.com has an IP address of 72.55.156.207 which should never be visited unless you like to damage your computer for fun.


April 30th, 2008

WinAntivirusPro 3.7 Removal Tool (Win Antivirus Pro)

WinAntivirusPro 3.7 is a new reincarnation of well-known Xp AntiVirus rogue anti-spyware. They have the similiar interface and misleading detection mechanism. WinAntivirusPro 3.7 will generate popups to scare users and force to buy full version of this useless scamware. Remember that WinAntivirusPro 3.7 can’t remove any of reported threats. This program is just a dummy but [...]


April 30th, 2008

How to remove AntiSpywareMaster - AntiSpyware Master Remover

AntiSpywareMaster Description AntiSpywareMaster (AntiSpyware Master 1.0.8.0) is another rogue anti-spyware application created by russian scammers. Like other fake spyware cleaners and removers, AntiSpywareMaster gives false positives when it scans your PC, and AntiSpywareMaster can’t remove most of the popular spyware in your system. AntiSpywareMaster may also popup big amount of fake security alerts to try to [...]


April 30th, 2008

Trojan.Asnoms!inf

Trojan.Asnoms!inf is a common detection method used to identify malicious files that loads additional threat during system start up.


April 30th, 2008

Trojan.Garntet

Trojan.Garntet can allow remote attacker to gain access on infected computer by creating a backdoor port.


April 30th, 2008

Microsoft helps to break its own encryption

Extra help for law enforcement. Microsoft has developed a set of tools that law enforcement agents can use to get around criminals' growing use of encryption software, like Microsoft's own BitLocker.


April 30th, 2008

WinAntivirus Pro threat: information and removal

WinAntivirus Pro is a rogue anti-spyware program that,  as shown by the general design of their website, must be a clone of XPAntivirus. This parasite, like other rogues, is prone to use misleading information and scare tactics to persuade users to buy the "full version" of the program. WinAntivirus Pro must be downloaded and installed manually. ...


April 30th, 2008

Malware End User agreemnents

Believe it or not, Malware packages are now being sold with an end-user licence agreements. “Researchers at Symantec have spotted the licence agreement in recent copies of Zeus, noting that one of the restrictions is that the malware ‘cannot be used for purposes other than which it was bought for’,” says vnunet. “Zeus buyers also ‘commit to [...]


April 29th, 2008

Payment fraud rife in Europe

Crime involving electronic payment fraud is still rife and is undermining citizens’ confidence in buying and selling online, says the European Commission. Its report on fraud and countermeasures taken between 2004 and 2007 shows even though the number of discovered cases is a small minority of the overall number of transactions using new payment services,  “they [...]


April 29th, 2008

AntiSpywareDeluxe Removal Guide

Do you know what AntiSpywareDeluxe is? DESCRIPTION AntiSpywareDeluxe is a rogue application that pretends to be a security scanner program for your computer. We find AntiSpywareDeluxe to resemble many fake anti-spyware programs in the way it alerts users of Trojan infections through popups and system alert messages. AntiSpywareDeluxe is similar to the previous AntispyDeluxe rogue program which falsely claims to be “the best anti-spyware ever”. AntiSpywareDeluxe may be installed through a trojan infection on your computer such as Zlob or other various security exploits. AntiSpywareDeluxe.com is the website that the AntiSpywareDeluxe program may direct you too after the system scan has been completed. AntiSpywareDeluxe.com may be malicious and cannot be trusted no matter how good the site looks. We believe AntiSpywareDeluxe was ultimately designed to rip people off and waste their time.


April 29th, 2008

W32.Mandaph

W32.Mandaph can propagate on mapped network drives and local hard drive. It can also download and execute additional threat.


April 29th, 2008

Adware.Okcashbackmall

Adware.Okcashbackmall is an adware that hijacks web browser and sends it to the predefined websites.


April 29th, 2008

Trojan.Qipian

Trojan.Qipian can steal sensitiveinformation from the infected computer including username, passwords and address book.


April 29th, 2008

Trojan.Win32.Delf.abx

This Trojan has a malicious payload. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 945664 bytes in size. It is not packed in any way. It is written in Delphi. Installation When launched, the Trojan copies itself as shown below: %Documents and Settings%\%user%\Start...


April 29th, 2008

Crypto drives locked with internal key

UK startup nibbles at Seagate's encryption monopoly. A UK storage security company has come up with an encryption-based hard drive that can be slotted into any laptop without additional hardware, software upgrades or BIOS modifications.


April 29th, 2008

IEAntiVirus 3.2 - new variant of IEDefender. Be aware!

IEAntVirus 3.2 is the latest clone of IEDefender and MalwareBell.IEAntiVirus may trick you into buying its promoted commercial anti-spyware program version. Once IEAntiVirus trojan gets inside your system, it installs an incon in your system tray. IEAn...


April 29th, 2008