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SpyShredder – Don’t Depend On It for Security!

Written by OSAblog on Friday, September 4th, 2009

SpyShredder is an extremely dangerous rogue security program that is designed to look like an authentic spyware removal tool to the user. This application advertises aggressively to the user through non-stop pop-up threat alerts and advertisements. The hacker’s main intention is to make the user believe that threats and parasites exist on their PC, so [...]

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AntiSpyCheck Is a Rogue to Avoid

Written by OSAblog on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

AntiSpyCheck makes a number of claims, including that it scans for spyware and is a pop-up blocker, as well as spam filter. While this sounds good, this application is nothing but your typical rogue security program that makes false claims in order to get the user to purchase the product. As many others do, this [...]

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Dr AntiSpy: A Rogue Security Tool

Written by OSAblog on Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Dr AntiSpy is a rogue security program that is a clone of PestTrap and SpySheriff. This parasite will display pop-up security alerts that look like Microsoft notifications, informing the user that security threat exist on their PC. Like most other fake antispyware programs, this one is designed by hackers to lure people into purchasing the [...]

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Beware: Trace Sweeper May Sweep PC Security Away!

Written by OSAblog on Monday, August 10th, 2009

Trace Sweeper is a fairly new rogue security program that displays threat alerts and other advertisements to the user in order to alarm them. These security alerts will state that threats exist, and that the user should scan their PC with this product to detect all infections. This is like other rogue antispyware tools — [...]

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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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