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New rogue anti-spyware and SpySheriff clone

New rogue anti-spyware and SpySheriff cloneBravesentryMy dad's computer is heavily infected with Bravesentry and AlfaCleaner. This malicious adware is taking up all the cpu power old pc and mouse power I keep clicking away messages to buy bravesentry. Please please can someone help me or give me some advice...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, BraveSentry, SpySheriff, anti-spyware

Discussion threads 2006-03-13

New rogue anti-spyware and SpySheriff clone

These rogue anti-spyware programs seem to multiply like rabbits. Just 2 days ago I wrote about Spy-Shield, an anti-spware app that installs adware from BestOffersNetwork Then yesterday SunbeltBLOG featured another new rogue anti-spyware app named BraveSentry. The Sunbelt researchers found a domain running exploits and force installing not just one...

Tags: anti-spyware

Blog posts 2006-03-09

More super rogue anti-spyware

Be on the lookout for another new supposed anti-spyware program that might be hijacking desktops any day now. This one is called PestTrap and it's a clone of SpySheriff. SpySheriff was one of the top 10 rogue anti-spyware apps of 2005, coming in at number 2. You can...

Tags: PestTrap website, Intercage.com, InterCage Inc.

Blog posts 2006-01-18

Spyware Tricks

Spyware TricksDavid Fish is my new herohttp://www.livejournal.com/users/valiskeogh/882720.htmli love him. and i've emailed him about information on how to join the class action suits against direct revenue and 1800solutions.EVERYONE needs to joinValisCEOValis EnterprisesAN operating systemthat is developed to be easy to use and easy to program allows this "perfect storm"...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, spyware, operating system, security, security hole, SpySheriff

Discussion threads 2005-09-20

Additional Resources

Wlording AntiSpyware 2.7.3 (Windows)

Wlording AntiSpyware's advanced detection and removal capabilities are effective at fully removing spyware that is notorious for being difficult to eliminate. Wlording AntiSpyware Shields block sophisticated spyware threats real-time, before they can infect your PC. This new version of Wlording AntiSpyware advances the industry-standard in spyware blocking, stopping threats like...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Wlording, Wlording AntiSpyware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Rootkits, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-06-02

MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware -- a good combination?

MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware -- a good combination?It does make senseNow that Microsoft has entered the protection racket errrrr security business I mean, expect the makers of SpySheriff, CWS, Vundo, and Zango to recieve plaques and thank-you notes.RE: MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware -- a good combination?I...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Messenger Plus!, MVP Award, good combination, adware, Messenger

Discussion threads 2006-10-10

Spyware pushers tricks of the trade or how to trash a machine with one bundle of spyware

I often hear questions asked about why do spyware pushers trash machines with their large bundles of garbage-ware and how do they do it. Last year I wrote about Spyware Tricks, including the money trail. Nearly all of the top 10 spyware tricks of 2005 involved affiliate's distributing spyware...

Tags: spyware, DollarRevenue

Blog posts 2006-05-30

Windows Defender Beta 2 vs. spyware

As promised a few days ago, I finally got a virtual machine upgraded to Service Pack 2 for testing Windows Defender Beta 2. For the sake of convenience, I'll refer to it as WD for most of this post. When I wrote about WD previously, I mentioned the review at...

Tags: SpywareDoctor, trace

Blog posts 2006-03-06

Fighting spyware in the UK

Spyware victims in the UK now have a way to fight back. It started with one person's letter to her Member of Parliament MP That person is spyware activist (sounds better than zealot, eh?), and Microsoft Security MVP Gwynne Brothwood, known online as Nellie2. Gwynne is a teacher...

Tags: spyware

Blog posts 2006-02-15

Wimamp exploit used to push spyware

That didn't take long. The Winamp vulnerability in version 5.12 was announced at Secunia just a few days ago, details here. Note the Secunia advisory says "an exploit is publicly available". Nullsoft released Wimamp 5.13 the same day the exploit was announced, but the spyware pushers saw an opportunity to...

Tags: Winamp

Blog posts 2006-02-02

SpywareStrike and SpyAxe smitfraud infection removal

SpywareStrike see more here and it's twin SpyAxe continue to plague internet users. SpywareStrike has been confirmed to be another variant of the infection called Smitfraud. I wrote about SpyAxe previously and it got top dishonor as rogue anti-spyware of 2005. The free tool called SmitRem, written by community...

Tags: SmitRem, SpywareStrike, Spyaxe

Blog posts 2006-01-09

Top 10 tricks causing spyware epidemic

Spyware tricks have become increasingly devious, making spyware and adware stick to machines longer, more difficult to remove and sometimes impossible to see with ordinary methods. In the spyware tricks series I wrote about seeing installations with multiple resuscitators, increasing numbers of randomly named files, even randomly named folders. Internet...

Tags: spyware, Direct-Revenue

Blog posts 2005-12-20

Top 10 rogue anti-spyware

What is rogue anti-spyware? Rogue anti-spyware programs are defined by spyware and anti-spyware expert Eric Howes on the Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products and Sites page. "Rogue/Suspect" means that these products are of unknown, questionable, or dubious value as anti-spyware protection. Some of the products listed on this page simply...

Tags: anti-spyware

Blog posts 2005-12-19

SpyAxe anti-spyware installed by trojan

Supposed anti-spyware program SpyAxe is installed by a trojan named zlob.cy (aka Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob) according to F-Secure. SpyAxe showed up on the scene about two months ago and has earned quite a name for itself. SpyAxe manages to appear on users' desktops without any notice or consent, as seen here, with...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, trojan horse, Spyaxe, infection, anti-spyware

Blog posts 2005-12-17