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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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Defender 2009 – A Rogue Security Program

Written by OSAblog on Monday, August 10th, 2009

Defender 2009 is a rogue security program that wants users to believe it is capable of removing spyware, viruses, parasites and other security threats from their PC. Hackers design these malicious applications in hopes of frightening you enough that you will purchase their product. This one is not capable of doing anything, except perhaps causing [...]

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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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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.
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Is PrestoTuneup a Legitimate Application?

Written by OSAblog on Sunday, July 19th, 2009

PrestoTuneup is a rogue security program that is not to be trusted. It will display numerous alerts to the user, warning of infected files and other security threats. While the messages that users receive do look very convincing, it is simply a ploy to get them to purchase the product in order to make their [...]

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