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All You Need To Know About Protecting Your Computer Against Antivirus360

Written by OSAblog on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

In the quest to protect our computers online we usually miss some of the most important tips. Take the growing plague associated with rogue application like Antivirus360. A few years ago rogue applications were relatively unheard of, but today there are four times as many rogue applications as there are legitimate protection programs. There are [...]

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Protecting Yourself from Contra Viro Is More Important Than Ever

Written by OSAblog on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

You would think that enough people have gotten infected with rogue applications, like Contra viro, that a majority of the population would have finally installed reliable malware protection programs. But unfortunately, not enough people are currently protecting themselves from these parasites.
The rate of growth that rogue applications are currently experiencing is phenomenal. There are an [...]

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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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Can Antivirus2009 And Other Rogues Ever Be Stopped For Good?

Written by OSAblog on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Over the last few years rogue applications like Antivirus2009 seem to be everywhere. Every month there is at least one new rogue threat put on the Internet. Whether that threat is a completely new parasite or the clone of some previously created bogus application, all computer users need to be aware of the dangers rogue [...]

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Anti virus360remover Happens To Be One of the Oldest Cons Around

Written by OSAblog on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

P.T. Barnum once said, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” and the scammers behind Anti virus360remover have set out to prove it. Though Anti virus360remover is a rogue application, it is actually a little different from your run of the mill fake program, sort of.
Now don’t get me wrong, Anti virus360remover is in many ways [...]

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