AntiAdd Description:
AntiAdd (alias Anti Add) is not a safe application when it comes to its basic goals and how it tries to achieve them. AntiAdd spreads through browser hijacking, which means it hacks its victims’ browsers and redirects them repeatedly to bogus scanner sites. One more instrument being used by AntiAdd for malicious distribution purposes is encouraging people to download some corrupt files from the internet. The intrusion of AntiAdd is followed by its deploying aggressive malvertising campaign on the compromised computer. Your system will be compelled by AntiAdd to mislead you. You will receive numerous ads that tell you about interception of malware activity on your PC. These phony alerts will be complemented by some fake security scanners that return deliberately framed-up results. In other words, AntiAdd tries to scare people into buying its license whatever it takes.
Mournhunter.cn Hijacker Description:
Mournhunter.cn is a malicious internet site that conceals quite a lot of malware trickeries and malvertising entrapments. Mournhunter.cn is known to be pushing the rogue antivirus program called Antivir which is the latest big threat seeking its victims on the internet. Having hijacked your web brower, Mournhunter.cn causes frequent hits to a site that somehow appears to scan your computer without your asking for any scan of that kind. Mournhunter.cn simply takes control of your web search and direct browsing and forces you to visit a pre-defined page. As you can tell from Mournhunter.cn snapshot below, it really looks like My Computer window. This resemblance is not accidental – it’s a result of hackers’ endeavors to brainwash you. Mournhunter.cn also displays a scanner running in between your alleged disks; but please do not consider
Antivirus PRO Description:
Antivirus PRO (alias Antivirus PRO version 2.0.7) is a nasty computer virus that is classified as rogue anti-spyware because it claims to be useful whereas it’s devastating and tricky in fact. Antivirus PRO hails from the same family as Antivirus System PRO and Spyware Protect 2009 scareware tools. Antivirus PRO infiltrates a targeted computer through a hacked downloader or some other stealthy methods assisted by trojan backdoor viruses of different kinds. On intruding, Antivirus PRO configures the host Operating System to run its executables ‘wscsvc32.exe’ and ‘wow64main.exe’ each time the system starts up. Consequently, Antivirus PRO will run its fake scanners and display numerous adware components such as popup warnings, infiltration alerts and system tray notifications. Those ads pursue the goal to make you believe your PC is in danger and is in need of a remedy like Antivirus PRO licensed copy.
Browsersecurityaddon.com Hijacker Description:
Browsersecurityaddon.com website is exhibiting a direct relation to the fraudulent software called Antivir which was elaborated by hackers to enslave Operating Systems and mislead people into buying its worthless licenses. Be careful – you may confuse Browsersecurityaddon.com with a legit browser warning that tries to keep you away from some insecure online services. Remember – Browsersecurityaddon.com has been designed to seem trustworthy while it’s not. The warning related to Browsersecurityaddon.com is an absolutely phony one and tries to take you to yet another web page that will recommend purchasing Antivir full version and let it handle some imaginary security issues. Imaginary computer problems – that’s all Browsersecurityaddon.com and its sponsoring rogueware Antivir are about. The rogue anti-spyware industry
RESpyWare Description:
RESpyWare (aka RE SpyWare) is a fake antivirus program made of pure deceit and extreme trickiness. RESpyWare represents one of the vastest rogue anti-spyware groups constituted by such aggressive malware as RE Anti, Anti AID and SecureKeeper. RESpyWare can get into your computer in a sneaky way owing to the active exploiting of backdoor trojans. RESpyWare can deceive you into downloading its freeware by hiding the above trojan in a phony media codec or flash update needed to view some streaming online videos. Having infiltrated your system, RESpyWare corrupts the registry and creates tons of its own files which will be subsequently spotted by RESpyWare as malicious ones. RESpyWare will annoy you with its repeated scanners that keep reporting more and more viruses which are in fact the harmless files we’ve mentioned above.
Antivir Description:
Do not trust the program called Antivir because it is not what it claims to be. Antivir is in fact the latest rogue anti-spyware application possessing great deceptive and destructive capabilities. Antivir is distributed with the aid of dishonest adware like bogus online scanners and untrustworthy warnings. The infiltration of Antivir program is usually followed by getting your system registry corrupted and creating some unwanted files on your system. This activity is meant to make your system exposed to Antivir influence and render your PC incapable of resisting it. Antivir triggers a lot of fake detection alerts, system tray notifications and numerous scanners all of which warn you of insecure activity going on. All the alerts originating from Antivir are fabricated and should not be believed. For instance, Antivir tends to detect the malware called Trojan:W32/Inject which is not on your computer in fact and being used just to frighten you.
RE Anti Description:
RE Anti (also known as REAnti) is a vivid instance of a program not to trust. RE Anti claims to protect your computer whereas it can’t even detect any malware on it. Through manipulating the PC users’ eagerness to keep their systems intact, RE Anti attempts to provide its creators large but way too dirty income. RE Anti is known to refer to the same group of rogue antivirus tools as Keep Cop, Anti AID and LinkSafeness . When RE Anti drops its executables onto your PC, it turns your computer routine into a mess because it displays an enormous number of fake alerts and bogus system warnings so that you start thinking you’ve got tons of security issues to handle. RE Anti also runs spoof malware scans that tell you about lots of viruses on your machine thus encouraging you to take prompt measures to clean all this malware up. But be cautious and do not fall for RE Anti deceit.
Privatedefense.cn Hijacker Description:
The pseudo security tool called Alpha Antivirus is being impudently promoted via Privatedefense.cn browser hijacker. Privatedefense.cn is by its nature a static script that resembles a virus scan running online and warning PC users of numerous threats detected. A regular way to hit Privatedefense.cn domain is a browser redirect resulting from trojan-triggered configuration changes inside a random computer system. Sometimes, Privatedefense.cn can be diverted to if you click on suspicious ads while surfing the internet. In other words, Privatedefense.cn is a website whose traffic is being driven through a number of simple yet malicious manipulations. If you visit Privatedefense.cn you will surely view a window that is a close resemblance of My Computer interface that has a scan progress in the middle. Claming to be an online security scan,
KeepCop Description:
KeepCop (aka Keep Cop) is a dangerous scareware application that takes after its predecessors SecureKeeper and Anti AID, all these programs referring to the same family. KeepCop is distributed via blackhat SEO techniques which involve the active use of fake online security scanners popping up out of the blue and reporting numerous viruses on your computer. When you unknowingly install KeepCop onto your PC, this invasive program shows you its grin by corrupting the registry and system32 directory. Externally, this will be expressed via KeepCop multiple nagging alerts and annoying scanners that start running when you boot into Windows. By claiming to detect numerous trojans, keyloggers, spyware and other security issues, KeepCop is hoping you will get convinced into installing its commercial version.
Eco Antivirus 2010 Description:
Eco Antivirus 2010 is a follower of the notorious rogue antivirus tool previously known as Green AV. Similarly to its predecessor, Eco Antivirus 2010 uses the manipulative techniques which involve the statement of its intensions to facilitate the environmental program for protecting Amazonian rainforests. That’s an impudent lie so please do not fall for these Eco Antivirus 2010 tricks. Eco Antivirus 2010 protects neither the green forests nor any computer it finds itself in. Eco Antivirus 2010 only claims to be a useful anti-spyware tool but in fact its actions don’t go beyond making those promises. When inside your computer, Eco Antivirus 2010 gets the system registry corrupted by dropping a few of its own registry keys. Besides, Eco Antivirus 2010 displays a lot of its ads that never leave you alone as you are using the PC.