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 [...]
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Logic bombs are programs or parts of programs that are inserted into legitimate software systems and will conduct a malicious action once preconditions are met. These preconditions could be a certain date, time, or action conducted by the end-user. Many times, computer viruses or computer worms will contain a logic bomb that will then deliver [...] Malware Alarm is one of the numerous rogue anti-spyware programs on the Internet that are really a variant of computer spyware. Malware Alarm will attempt to trick you into purchasing the full commercial version of the product by displaying fake infection messages every time that you restart Windows. If you click “Ok” on one of [...] Computer Spyware infects a computer without the user’s permission. Spyware can be very dangerous to your personal privacy and can serve as a gateway to additional computer malware infection on your computer. Spyware by its nature does not self-replicate, but is used to exploit holes in the security on your computer. Recent trends have seen [...] Adware is considered to be any computer software that will display, download, or automatically play advertisements on your computer while the parent application is being used. Some adware is designed to violate your privacy and acts as a benign form of Spyware and is considered privacy-invasive. Many variants of Adware can also bog down your [...] Trojan Viruses take their name from the lore of the Trojan Horse. A Trojan virus is computer malware that is disguised as something useful that encourages you to download or open the file or program which contains the malware. Once opened, the Trojan virus infects your computer. They are capable of downloading or containing “payload” [...] Computer worms are made to infect other computers through using the Internet to spam copies of themselves to spread. Most computer worms are damaging through their negative impact of system and network resources through their rapid and mostly uncontrolled spread. Some worms are coupled or combined with other computer malware in order to maximize their [...] A computer virus is designed to infect files on a computer system through self-replication. It is capable of spreading to other computers on its own. Methods of infection include: infecting other files, email attachments, boot sectors of portable drives, instant messaging, and directly through security vulnerabilities in an Operating System or application. Not all computer [...] Computer Malwareis the term used to describe computer software that is designed to infect one’s computer with a computer virus, rootkit, spyware, or adware. The term malware comes from malcious (intent) + software. It is the more correct term for the majority of infections a computer will receive differing from the term computer virus which [...] Spyware – MS Anti-Spyware Description MS Anti-Spyware 2009 is one of the current generation of “fake” or “rogue” spyware programs that masquerade as legitimate anti-spyware programs. The primary goal of MS Anti-Spyware is to trick you into buying a paid version of the software which is really a guise to take your money and further infect [...] 
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