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Anti Malware Suite May Invade Your Computer

Written by OSAblog on Saturday, August 1st, 2009

There is a multimillion dollar business that harms thousands and thousands of people every year. It robs them of their hard earned money and brings harm to their computers as well. The tools of this business are programs like Anti Malware Suite and there are more and more of them being created all the time.

Anti Malware Suite is a rogue antispyware application that uses scare tactics to try to take advantage of people. Sometimes it will harass the user with fake security warnings and perform a scan of the infected user’s computer and present them with false results. Other times it will place an icon in the user’s tool tray at the bottom of the desktop. This icon generates pop-ups warning the user of infections and tells them to buy their product. Both of these methods rely on fear.

This rogue infects computers through the help of another program. A Trojan horse, usually the Zlob Trojan, will infect a computer and then download and install Anti Malware Suite. Once it has infected the computer it will begin its scare tactics. These scare tactics will start every time the user starts up Windows and they will not stop until the rogue is removed from the computer.

Anti Malware Suite constantly tries to get the user to buy the “full version” of its program. It promises that the full version will be able to remove the malware and spyware threats that it has detected. In reality though, it will take the user’s money and only cause havoc. It will slow the Internet connection and take up a lot of the CPU usage, which cause the computer to slow down drastically. This fake security app will also generate a lot of pop-up ads.

If your computer is infected with this program, you should remove it immediately. In order to remove this rogue, you should use a legitimate antispyware application so that all of the infections can be removed at once. If you don’t then the program will simply be reinstalled by Zlob.

If you think you have found a legitimate antispyware program, then you should check out a few things before you use it. You should be certain that the company that makes it is real and honorable. You should also make sure that the antispyware it guaranteed to remove 100% of spyware. If it isn’t guaranteed to remove all of the malware, then it may not remove Anti Malware Suite. So choose well the antispyware for your computer. It deserves the best.

To scan your pc for free and find out if you have Anti Malware Suite click here.

Carl runs a site devoted to helping you rid your computer from all sorts of spyware and malware at http://www.spyzooka.com/

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