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AVASoft Antivirus Professional

AVASoft Antivirus Professional

AVASoft Antivirus Professional is a new name for a rogue, which has appeared many times in the past with such names as Disk Antivirus Professional. The rogue antispyware mimics its own predecessor clones, and continues the work of virtual schemers, who do not care about anything else, but getting your money! It is unfortunate, but they have succeeded many times, and if you do not want to become one of the cyber criminals’ victims, you should remove AVASoft Antivirus Professional from your system immediately. Please keep reading to learn how to do it. Read more »

Trojan.Zbot

Trojan.Zbot is a malicious computer infection categorized as Trojan (as it is obvious from its name), first discovered in 2010. This computer threat is else called Zeus and it has been created to steal sensitive personal information from target computer. Most of the computer malware these days is developed to generate financial revenue to its creators, and Trojan.Zbot is of no exception. Thus, it can steal such confident data as banking logins and passwords gaining access to your bank account. You need to constantly perform computer system scans, to remove Trojan.Zbot and similar infections on time. Read more »

Solid Savings Coupons

Solid Savings Coupons

If you want to install an application which might help you save money when shopping online, Anti-Spyware-101.com malware researchers suggest that you avoid Solid Savings. The official website of the program is solid-savings.com and it is compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. It is also possible that you have installed the application alongside bundled software without even knowing it, which is why you may feel deceived by it. Read more »

Backdoor Trojan

Backdoor Trojan has been around for a very long period of time. It was first detected in 1999 and ever since then it has infected a considerable number of computers worldwide. All operating systems are susceptible to this infection, and you can remain oblivious to the fact that you are infected for quite some time, because Backdoor Trojan does not have a GUI. Also, there is a number of malicious programs that fall under Backdoor Trojan category, as there is no one exact infection that could be called that. Read more »

XFinity Toolbar

XFinity Toolbar is a browser plugin that provides with you a customized search box, and several other shortcuts, for example, to your email, Facebook or Twitter account. The toolbar also has a weather widget so you can set it to display your local weather as long as it gets an updated feed. The search box allows you to search for whichever keyword you prefer. XFinity Toolbar makes use of Yahoo! or Google customized search engine. This browser extension is not a computer virus, but if you find it too intrusive you can easily remove XFinity Toolbar from your PC. Read more »

SearchYa.com

SearchYa.com

SearchYa.com is a websites or a search engine which can be set as your home page. When? It is enough to install a SearchYa toolbar, which can be bundled with freeware, without paying attention to what is said in the installation wizard. If you do not un-tick some options, you will find that your home page is changed to searchya.com on such browsers as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.  A lot of computer users may think that they are infected with a browser hijacker, but the truth is that it is just a matter of settings which can be easily reset. Read more »

Savings Explorer

Savings Explorer

Savings Explorer is a browser plugin which may be downloaded from savingsexplorer.com. The publishers of the application are Innovative Apps and 215 Apps, and it is compatible with the most popular Internet browsers – Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. Why would you install this program onto your own computer? Read more »

Trojan.Parpwuts.C

Trojan.Parpwuts.C is part of a Trojan.Parpwuts family that has such components as Trojan:MSIL/Parpwuts.B. These Trojans masquerade as legitimate driver or keyboard update files and they trick innocent users into downloading them onto target computers. Trojan.Parpwuts.C then gets installed and displays annoying pop-up advertisements, or redirects user to pornographic websites, where one gets exposed to even more malware. Since constant pop-ups are the main symptoms of the infection, you can see that something is wrong with your computer at once. Once you notice that, do not hesitate to acquire a powerful antimalware program and remove Trojan.Parpwuts.C from your PC at once. Read more »

InternetGameBox

InternetGameBox is a computer program that, according to a few sources, allows you to play free online games. However, quite often this program is listed as a potentially unwanted application due to the fact that it is related to malware. Security reports claim that InternetGameBox can connect to internetgamebox.com website, but when we tried opening the website, we were first redirected to 52664.quikker.com which presented us with a "SKIP THIS PAGE" button. If the button is clicked, then the user is redirected to worddictionary.com.au website, that has nothing to do with online gaming. Read more »

Vista Security Cleaner Pro Virus

If you do not want Trojans, worms or keyloggers processing in your system and stealing your highly sensitive data, you should keep your Windows protected against Vista Security Cleaner Pro virus. The obnoxious, fake security tool is capable of mimicking legal safeguard products, but it is just a highly deceitful exterior, also seen in XP Security Cleaner Pro Virus, which will be used to generate illegitimate profits! Once the dangerous application is activated in your system, you could notice various misleading symptoms, which are meant to distract you from having malignant processes detected and Vista Security Cleaner Pro removed. Read more »