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Sysinternals Antivirus Removal and Analysis

by Shanmuga

Sysinternals Antivirus is a malicious and fraudulent scareware program that uses fake Windows Security Center and fake Windows system alerts to warn the gullible users about non-existent malware infections and try to scam money out of the victims.

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Protection Center Removal and Analysis

by Shanmuga

Protection Center is a new fraudulent, malicious and fake anti-spyware program that attempts to cheat gullible users to purchase a subscription for itself. This program will simulate a scan of your system at every start-up and lists fake malware infections and produces a variety of genuine looking Windows system alerts that makes it difficult to

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Antispyware Soft Removal and Analysis

by Shanmuga

Antispyware Soft is similar in interface and behavior to Antivirus Soft, Antivirus Live and Antivirus soft scareware. This malicious, rogue security software aggressively displays fraudulent system security alerts about non-existent network infiltration attempts and malware. The anti spyware soft rogue when installed: Installs the Fake Windows Security Center where all the links lead to its

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Data Protection Removal and Analysis

by Shanmuga

Data Protection is a malicious, fraudulent security software that uses a variety of fake system alerts to scare the users into buying a subscription. It initiates a fake system scan at every system start and purportedly finds many non-existent malware infections. This scareware: Installs TDSS rootkit Disables TaskManager Disables Command prompt, Registry editor Prompts to

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AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

AKM Antivirus 2010 Pro is a malicious, fraudulent antivirus program that uses fake system alerts about non-existent malware infections and system infiltrations to scam the user’s into purchasing a useless license/subscription. The fake alerts are many and frequent making the computer nearly impossible to use for productive purposes.

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A-fast Antivirus Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

A-fast Antivirus is a fraudulent antivirus program that uses fake visual and aural system alerts to convince gullible users into buying a license for cleaning non-existent malware. The fake alerts are frequent and comes in many colors and sizes accompanied by an audio alert “Your System is infected. Activate full version to clear the system”.

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Cannot visit Security Websites – Cleaning Malware

by Shanmuga

A common complaint heard from the victims of a malware attack is one of the following or its variations: Cannot visit antivirus sites – Cannot download antivirus software – Cannot update antivirus/antispyware definitions or updates. One of the symptoms of a malware infection is the inability to visit security related websites, presumably to gather information

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Unable to start in Windows safe mode – Cleaning Malware

by Shanmuga

Safe mode is one of the trouble shooting options available with Windows. In safe mode the PC starts only with those files that are necessary to run Windows. In situations when the malware auto start with Windows and block most of the legitimate programs from running, it becomes an invaluable tool in fighting malware. Most

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CleanUp Antivirus Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

CleanUp Antivirus is a fake security software that uses fraudulent scans to find non-existent malware infections. It pretends to be an all-in-one security and Windows optimization suite. The interface is very similar to legitimate Windows Security Center and uses many Windows design elements in its interface.

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Digital Protection Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

Digital Protection is one of the recent entrants to the never-ending line of rogue security software. Once installed this scareware produces a variety of system alerts that are designed to scare the gullible users to buy its subscription. It initiates a fake system scan at every system start and purportedly finds many non-existent malware infections.

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Security Central Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

Security Central is a malicious software that masquerades as a genuine security software to cheat gullible users. This scareware has a professional looking interface and uses multiple visual and aural fake system alerts that are designed to convince the victims to pay for a fraudulent subscription.

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Antivirus Suite Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

Antivirus Suite when installed completely takes over the system, aggressively displays a variety of fraudulent alerts about non-existent malware and infiltration attempts. This scareware installs the in-famous Fake Windows Security Center where all the links lead to the payment page for Antivirus Suite. This rogue security software hijacks Internet Explorer and automatically opens a specific

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Antimalware Doctor Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

Antimalware Doctor is a fraudulent software posing as a legitimate security program to scam money out of gullible users. Multiple Windows system alerts about non-existent malware infections are frequently displayed by this scareware. This rogue adds a Windows Security Center look-a-like named Antimalware Doctor Protection Center, where all the links trigger the software activation window.

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Antivirus 7 Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

Antivirus7 is a fraudulent security program that claims to perform a scan and display fake system alerts about non-existent malware infections.

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Your Protection Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

Your Protection is one of a recent addition to the long line of rogue security software. The tested variant posed as a version of the popular Adobe Flash Player. Once activated in the computer, the installer downloads and installs the Your Protection scareware. Once installed the Your Protection scareware looks for installations of certain security

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XP AntiMalware Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

XP AntiMalware belongs to the family of Trojan:Win32/FakeRean infecting users running Windows XP. It is installed by a trojan dropper file which is capable of installing a rogue with any one of the names from its stable, with a matching fake Windows Security Center.

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Win 7 Security Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

Win 7 Security is one of the recent rogue security software being installed by Trojan FakeRean. This trojan chooses randomly from a list of names each time it is installed. It has the following list of names for Windows 7: Win 7 Security, Win 7 Defender, Win 7 Defender Pro, Total Win 7 Security, Win

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ave.exe: A multiple-rogues-in-one Trojan FakeRean

by Shanmuga

ave.exe is a variant of av.exe installed by the Trojan FakeRean. Just like av.exe, this variant also chooses randomly from a list of names each time it is installed. It has a list of names for all the current versions of Windows with a mathching fake Windows Security Center or a fake Windows Action Center.

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XP Security Tool 2010 Analysis and Removal

by Shanmuga

XP Security Tool 2010 belongs to the family of Trojan:Win32/FakeRean infecting users running Windows XP. It is installed by a trojan dropper file which is capable of installing a rogue with any one of the names from its stable, with a matching fake Windows Security Center.

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Security Tool gets nastier

by Shanmuga

Some recent versions of the Security Tool scareware now includes a ransom ware component that confounds the victims by blocking the desktop with a full screen scare message. It asks for a serial number that will supposedly be provided on purchasing Security Tool, to unlock the computer.

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Cannot run any programs after removing XP Guardian (TrojanWin32 FakeRean)

by Shanmuga

I used Microsoft Security Essentials to get rid of XP Guardian virus from my computer. Since then I am unable to run any .exe programs, Please help. Matt by email XP Guardian belongs to the family of Trojan:Win32/FakeRean. According to Microsoft the latest version “now uses individual names and looks for Windows XP, Windows Vista

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