Anti-spyware 101

If you think that your system is perfectly safe just because you have Data Repair in your computer, then better think again, because it is a dangerous rogue antispyware application that will turn your days into hell if you allow it to remain in your computer. Data Repair is a fake antivirus program created to rip unsuspecting users off and you might be the next in line, considering you’ve managed to catch this infection. Read more »

OpenCloud Security is a rogue antispyware application and it masquerades as a reliable security program. Through such despicable act this rogue is trying to appear legitimate and trustworthy, and then lure your money out of you, making you pay for a completely worthless product. If you fall for this trap in the end you will be left without your money and with a broken computer at hand. Read more »

Even despite the best efforts of the online security industry to prevent the exact opposite, many PC owners continue to fall for the seditious lies spread by rubbish rogue antispyware applications like My Shield Security. It would seem that this rogue in particular does a good job at emulating the real workings of a genuine security tool. Despite what this rogue would like its victims to believe, it certainly does not have the ability to detect or remove any type of threat from a PC. Read more »

Personal Security Pro is a fake computer security application that only wants to steal your money. You should not allow it to take over and so you must not listen to what it has to say. Personal Security Pro comes from a big family of rogues and it is obvious that this program is more than ready to reach its goals. It has a notorious background behind its back and is fully equipped to rip you off to the very last cent. Read more »

If you happen to have System Recovery in your computer, you should know that nothing good can come out of it, because this program is a malicious application that can seriously damage your system. System Recovery only pretends to be a good antivirus program. It copies the name and appearance of a famous computer security product in order to fool you and make you believe that System Recovery is the only reliable computer security program out there. Read more »

It has become increasingly more and more difficult for PC users to distinguish between genuine security tools and rubbish rogue antispyware applications like Master Utilities due to their increasing sophistication. This rogue was not designed to protect PCs against threats, but was instead designed to rip consumers off. The user may think that he is paying for a powerful and user friendly security application, but what he is getting is nothing more than an empty shell unable to live up to its extravagant promises. Read more »

You simply cannot believe anything this OpenCloud Antivirus has to say. Although seemingly innocuous, this rogue antispyware application will cause more damage to your PC than good, and will never live up to any of its over embellished promises. OpenCloud Antivirus was designed by unscrupulous online criminals to act as a vehicle with which they fleece unsuspecting consumers out of their hard earned money. Read more »

Despite all the efforts by the online security industry to secure the exact opposite, many PC owners continue to fall for the manipulative lies sold by rogue security tools such as PC Repair. This rogue antispyware in particular does a good job at emulating the real workings of a genuine security tool. It will do everything in its power to gain the trust of its victim, but when all is said and done PC Repair is unable to live up to any of its over embellished promises. Read more »

There is a family of rogues which appear to be very similar to legitimate antivirus applications. Fast Antivirus 2011 is one of these rogue antispyware applications and it is able to fool millions of users worldwide, because it has a sophisticated interface and it basically does not differ from a popular computer safeguard program. But that is only a nice cover of a very nasty book. Read more »

Home Safety Essentials is a fake antivirus program that you should stay away from. It is a newer version of such rogues as PC Security Guardian, Anti-Malware Lab and Internet Security Essentials; and it is very eager to rip you off to the very last cent. Home Safety Essentials can easily accomplish that by looking and behaving like a genuine antivirus program. What is more, it even seamlessly infiltrates itself into your Windows explorer layout, making it look as if it is supposed to be there. Read more »