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Some Might Say That Antivirus 2009 Is the Worst Rogue Application Around

Written by OSAblog on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Those out there that have been infected with Antivirus 2009 should not feel like they are alone. Of all the rogue application polluting the Internet, Antivirus 2009 is just one of nearly four hundred different bogus programs that are designed to scare people into giving up their hard earned money.
Out of the nearly four hundred [...]

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How to fix blue screen of death

Written by OSAblog on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Did your computer get XP Blue Screen Error? The error screen displayed by some operating systems and usually there is no way to recover the PC except to reboot. Sometimes, the blue screen will disappear after that, but this time it won’t go away. I encounter this Blue Screen Error again regularly, and I am [...]

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A Guaranteed Way to Remove PCCleanPro

Written by OSAblog on Friday, June 26th, 2009

Finding the right program to protect your computer from the harmful effects of malware is becoming more difficult each month. Some people have been duped onto buying programs like PCCleanPro which are only fake programs designed to con people out of money.
Rogue applications like PCCleanPro have been around several years now, and each month there [...]

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Malware Doctor is No Solution for Adware

Written by OSAblog on Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Malware Doctor is another rogue security program pretending to be a legitimate adware remover. Through pop-up security alerts, this application informs the user that security threats exist, and that you should scan your PC with their program in order to detect and remove infections and threats. The purpose of these programs is to scam people [...]

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Antivirus Agent Pro Is the Latest Adaptation of Common Rogue Applications

Written by OSAblog on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

What if anything can be done about the growing plague of rogue applications? The latest variant is Antivirus Agent Pro, but there is nothing new about this latest rogue. All of the same tactics are employed by the scammers behind it.
If you are wondering how Antivirus Agent Pro got installed in the first place you [...]

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