Master Utilities is a scam, but a cleverly marketed scam at that. This clone of FakeHDD uses advanced attack measures to forcefully ingrain itself in its victims’ PCs to ultimately rip them off. These attack tactics, as with its forerunner, range from denying the user access to his PC applications and blocking the Internet connection. [...]
09.6.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
The same criminal developers of OpenCloud Antivirus have improved on their previous design of Wolfram Antivirus in the way OpenCloud Antivirus enters and roots itself in its victims’ PCs. A more aggressive online marketing campaign coupled with varying sophisticated infection methods such as seditious browser hijackers makes it even more difficult for users to delete [...]
08.30.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Total Protect is an undesirable software application which should not be in your computer. It is a fake antivirus program even though it proclaims itself to be a Professional Antivirus Solution which should help you to safeguard your computer against multiple. The sad truth is that you need to delete Total Protect from your system [...]
07.27.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Zentom System Guard is a rogue antispyware application that comes from the same nest as Antimalware Doctor. These rogues have almost identical interfaces, although Zentom System Guard is obviously upgraded to fit in seamlessly into the newest operating systems, making it look like it is an integral part of your Windows. No matter what is [...]
07.21.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
It would seem as though the developers of rogue security tools have been keeping busy with the release of Anti-Malware Lab. This rogue antispyware application, which finds its roots from the same despicable family of Internet Security Essentials, My Security Shield and My Security Engine, will make sure to enter its victims’ PCs without their [...]
07.12.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Every PC owner should be well aware of the dangers of malware, adware and spyware. The developers behind these parasites do not discriminate, and releases their malwares to spread equally across the Web. Fortunately for users, there are various ways they can protect their PCs and avoid catching any of these disgusting bugs.
06.16.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
The end of March marked the emergence of the dangerous MS Removal Tool. It didn’t take too long for a clone of this rogue antispyware application to appear. Essential Cleaner comes from the same nest of rogues as its predecessor and it is a great threat to you and your computer. If you happen to [...]
05.12.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Creators of fake antispyware are very eager at making easy profit, and so here comes another addition to the huge family of the fake Microsoft Security Essentials scam. Windows Oversight Center is a rogue system optimization application, and it comes from the same nest along with such infamous computer threats as Windows Passport Utility, Windows [...]
05.9.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
It seems only yesterday Best Malware Protection was terrorizing computer users worldwide. Now there is a new computer threat in the family, called PC Security Guardian, and it comes equipped with all the tools common to all of its predecessors. Due to its malicious nature PC Security Guardian must be removed once it is detected, [...]
05.9.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
In an effort to keep your PC security up to date and protected from the latest threats, do not go anywhere near Antivirus Center. This rogue antispyware application actually derives from the very same family of rogues as Antimalware Tool and Internet Protection. Antivirus Center enters the PC under suspicious circumstances, with the help of [...]
05.3.11 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert