Monthly Archives: September 2012 - Page 7

Your computer has been locked! Fake DOJ (FBI) warning

Posted by on September 3, 2012 No comments

You might find yourself being blamed for such horrible crimes as copyrighted material infringement or illegal and unethical abusive video storing by the “Your computer has been locked!” fake DOJ (FBI) warning. This bogus alert will seem to have been sent to you by the FBI Department of Justice, Read more »

Adware.SweetIM

Posted by on September 2, 2012 1 comment

You may be told that Adware.SweetIM is “All About Fun”; however, if you install the SweetIM application to compliment your Windows Live Messenger, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers, you will need to start worrying about this ridiculous program’s removal and fun will be the last thing on your mind. The product supposedly can enhance messaging experiences and is meant to help you express yourself in the virtual space, and sweetim.com Read more »

SpyHunter 4 Review - Download Spyhunter

Posted by on September 1, 2012 9 comments
SpyHunter 4 Review - Download Spyhunter

Is SpyHunter 4 a real program or a fake one?

This is the question that users commonly ask when they see this program offering to remove computer threats. Naturally, there are a lot of fake antivirus programs out there, but SpyHunter 4 is a legitimate application that focuses on fighting rogue antispyware, Trojans, worms, potentially unwanted adware and other computer threats. This antispyware remover was also featured on Read more »

Trojan.Phex.THAGen6

Posted by on September 1, 2012 No comments

Trojan.Phex.THAGen6 is a cunning infection that will place your PC in a precarious situation, because this Trojan is able to take control over a computer that is not protected against infections properly. The threat disables current security tools of a computer so as not to be detected and removed, stops system processes, Read more »

Cookie XXXCounter

Posted by on September 1, 2012 No comments

A tracking cookie, like the cookie XXXCounter, is an application that gets injected into your computer drives by the web sources that you visit. Nowadays, tracking cookies are dropped to your system by many websites, as they can help gather information about your browsing experience, what are your preferences, search results, etc. Ideally, this instrument is supposed to make your browsing and surfing experiences much better, as gathered information can show the host websites what are your interests and what information is preferred by you. Read more »

Codec-C

Posted by on September 1, 2012 No comments

The World Wide Web is not nearly as safe as you would imagine, and such devious programs as Codec-C could be infiltrated into your personal computer via countless security vulnerabilities. It is possible that this infection would hide behind suspicious links, spam email attachments, bundled downloads and other drive-by downloads or could be installed by already activated malicious programs within the computer. Read more »

YouPorn

Posted by on September 1, 2012 1 comment

YouPorn is a tracking cookie that can be attached to your Internet browser when you visit the youporn.com pornography website. In general, tracking cookies are not critically dangerous and are known to follow any online sources that you visit, as they can gather certain information about your browsing sessions, how much time you spend on certain websites, etc. Read more »

Hotbar Virus

Posted by on September 1, 2012 No comments
Hotbar Virus

Hotbar is an unnecessary toolbar that generates tons of annoying pop-up messages. The messages displayed to the infected user are not random. They are based on the user’s browsing habits that are monitored by Hotbar. The browser toolbar installed by this adware works on various browsers – Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, Firefox 3.6 and 4.0. We can also presuppose that Hotbar can function on the newest versions of the browsers as well. Read more »