The Windows Vista Recovery scareware virus is a new twist on computer scareware, as it is a fake computer optimization application that will show you incorrect or false information to believe you have major configuration issues with your computer. Similar to fake anti-virus scareware programs, it will display fake error messages and security warnings on [...]
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Just like any other rogue virus on the Internet, the Rogue:Win32/FakeSpypro has a number of names it is referred to by. Most commonly, it will contain the words Antivirus, followed by a suffix. These types of viruses are known to be a high threat for computer users, especially because they do a lot more than [...] The Microsoft Security Essentials virus is a Trojan Horse virus which tries to scare the end-user into thinking he or she is infected in order to entice them to purchase one of the fake or rogue antivirus programs offered for purchase. Similar to other Windows “Scareware,” the virus displays a fake system infection alert designed [...] Rogue antivirus and antispyware programs are computer malware that is designed to trick the end user into thinking that their computer is infected with a significant amount of computer virurses and spyware. The rogue program does this by generating a number of fake or misleading infection messages on the computer and attempts to get the [...] Rogue Antivirus Program XP Antivirus 2009 XP Antivirus 2009 is a rogue antivirus or antispyware software program. It will pretend to be a useful antimalware tool and will then display a significant number of “Your Computer is Infected” messages on your computer. The primary goal of the malware is to convince you to buy the [...] Antivirus Pro 2010 is one of the latest of rogue antispyware programs to hit the Internet. It will infect your computer through known security holes in your Operating System or Web Browser, and then will display a significant number of advertisements on your computer attempting to get you to purchase the commercial version of the [...] System Security Virus Pop-Up Display There are a number of rogue antispyware and antivirus programs on the Internet now a days. One of the particularly nasty ones is the System Security virus. If your computer gets infected by System Security, it’s going to make your operating system unstable and will result in additional malware being [...] We’ve all heard of or been infected by computer spyware. One freeware application that you can find on the Internet to help remove spyware is SmitFraudFix. The tool is a freeware application that has an extensive database of spyware parasites loaded into the program and is specialized for the removal of several rogue or fake [...] The Vista Antivirus 2008 program is one of the family of rogue or fake anti-spyware programs that are really computer spyware and are downloaded to computer user’s computers without their consent. Vista Antivirus 2008 Description The Vista Antivirus 2008 is installed many times by taking advantage of Security holes or flaws in the Internet Explorer web browser. [...] 
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