Additional Guard Description:
Additional Guard (or AdditionalGuard) is a bad example of software development industry because it appears to be an outcome of hackers’ endeavors aiming to make money by ripping people off. Additional Guard originates from the same group of malwares as its forerunners Enterprise Suite, Ultimate System Guard and suchlike hazardous programs representing the same virus ‘workshop’. Additional Guard gets into your system through dishonest practices which consist in trojan-driven backdoor infiltration which the user won’t even notice. When Additional Guard lands onto the new host Operating System, it goes ahead and changes the registry thus causing the system to execute the rogueware’s fraud commands. Then, Additional Guard proceeds to try and scare you into thinking your PC is infected by displaying numerous nagging alerts and running its spoof scanners which pre-defined false scan results.
Eco Antivirus Description:
Eco Antivirus (or EcoAntivirus, Eco AV) cannot possibly be considered a trusty computer program because it possesses too many unsafe features. Eco Antivirus is a clone of Green Antivirus 2009 and Green AV scareware tools. A distinguishing trait of Eco Antivirus is its stealth which is manifested in the way it infiltrates computers and how it acts when inside the targeted OS. Eco Antivirus installs onto one’s PC without asking for permission or observing the usually required authentication steps. It’s trojan viruses that help Eco Antivirus get on board your machine so you probably won’t notice this process because trojans easily bypass your firewall and the antivirus traps. Eco Antivirus installation is sure to be followed by a its triggering numerous exaggerated popup alerts and generating fake scanners that appear at startup.
SecureKeeper Description:
The origin of the malware called SecureKeeper (Secure Keeper) reaches back to the fraudulent species of rogue security utilities that was recently exemplified by Anti AID and LinkSafeness junkwares. SecureKeeper spreads as the corrupted trialware executables and owes its distribution to the stealthy Trojan FakeSmoke. Therefore, the intrusion of SecureKeeper is implemented through a backdoor procedure which hardly ever leaves any chances to the virus interception capabilities of your firewall of security utilities installed. Having made it inside your computer system, SecureKeeper drops a number of its files and registry keys so that the OS turns out helpless to resist the infection. When operating, SecureKeeper displays lots of dishonest adware that tries to convince you that your computer is being attacked by
Personal Protector Description:
The rogue anti-spyware application called Personal Protector appears to be very similar with the previously known scareware called Personal Guard 2009 (please follow the link to learn more about Personal Guard 2009 malware activities). Personal Protector is not distributed like a normal program because it attacks a system without notifying the user. Moreover, Personal Protector is hard to uninstall afterwards because it’s not listed on the Add/Remove Programs GUI, nor can it be stopped using Task Manager or sometimes even Safe Mode. The above malicious phenomena are called forth by the fact that Personal Protector plays havoc with the Registry of the compromised OS. When operating, Personal Protector configures your system to run its corrupted executables at startup so you won’t miss the bogus system scanners that pop up whenever you are starting your machine.
LinkSafeness Description:
LinkSafeness (alias Link Safeness) is a malware program of medium severity in terms of its impact on the system stability; nevertheless, LinkSafeness is extremely annoying as it’s trying to arrive at its malignant goals. LinkSafeness spreads through trojan-driven bogus scanners and alerts that pop up out of the blue when you are browsing the web. Those ads aim to get you worried about the safety of your PC. However, believing these notifications LinkSafeness is the shortest way to further malware invasion so beware of those trickeries. LinkSafeness cannot do what it claim to do, which means it’s incapable of detecting and exterminating any computer threats. The sphere of LinkSafeness activity is bound with merely swindling people and ripping the most gullible computer users off. If you happen to encounter Link Safeness program installed on your computer,
Control Center Description:
Control Center (alias Control center or ControlCenter) is a representative of the same malware family as the notorious Privacy Center rogue anti-spyware tool which had been keeping the computer world literally hostage during last spring. Control Center is an aggressive badware program posing as a security tools kit. It penetrates into a random computer system through backdoors spotted by the associated trojan viruses. Control Center trespassing is usually followed by the forced system mutation which lies in getting the critical parameters modified. Control Center drops its own files and registry keys, which allows the rogue to dominate inside the infected Operating System. Having settled down in the new virtual host environment, Control Center triggers an enormous number of its phony alerts that notify the user about the purported exposure of critical system errors, security risks and dangerous infections.
Antivirus Live Description:
Antivirus Live (or AntivirusLive) is the latest scareware application that tries to take advantage of gullible PC users in order to rip them off. Here are some more details. Antivirus Live appears to be taking over one of today’s nastiest rogue anti-spyware programs generally known as Antivirus System PRO. Antivirus Live spreads via backdoor trojans, which means, a random user is quite unlikely to encounter it penetrating because of the extreme stealth of these tiny yet hazardous PC infections. Once Antivirus Live gets on board, it configures the targeted Operating System to run the corrupted executables at startup, i.e. each time you boot into Windows. When launched on its own, Antivirus Live displays numerous fake alerts and nagging scanners that notify you of the purported exposure of dangerous computer threats. Having attempted to intimidate you through the above technique, Antivirus Live
Enterprise Suite Description:
Enterprise Suite is a successor of the infamous Windows Enterprise Suite rogue security software and appears to be equally aggressive and potentially hazardous for any computer system it finds itself in. Enterprise Suite is propagated via exaggerated online ads (scanners, pop-ups) that brainwash you into believing some suspicious activity has been detected on your computer. That’s how Enterprise Suite tries to make you click its ads and hence trigger the intrusion of this badware. When on board your machine, Enterprise Suite creates a favorable virtual platform for its further invasion of your PC, i.e. it drops files and creates some registry keys of its own. As a result, the rogue will keep disturbing you with its deceptive alerts, not to mention the fake scanners that will launch every time you log into Windows. Enterprise Suite uses that adware in order to frighten you into believing your computer is in danger
Awareremover2009.com Description:
Awareremover2009.com (alias Awareremover2009.microsoft.com) is a part of dirty promotional schemes being practiced by the nasty rogue anti-spyware program known as Antivirus System Pro. Awareremover2009.com acts by diverting one’s web-surfing activities to a counterfeit warning site that tells you have encountered some exploits which can launch a malware code on your computer. This phony alert is shown on at URL Awareremover2009.microsoft.com which is anything but an existing domain name. Awareremover2009.microsoft.com is actually a product of trojan-based Hosts file manipulations which forge some URL values inside the compromised system. Awareremover2009.microsoft.com recommends you to cease the purported suspicious network activity by
Anti AID Description:
Anti AID (also known as AntiAID or Anti-AID) is the latest cyber threat emanating from the WiniGuard ‘dynasty’ of rogue anti-spyware tools. Anti AID is a hazardous program in a number of ways. Firstly, Anti AID does not conform to the generally excepted regulations being observed by legit programs to install onto one’s computer. In other words, Anti AID simply bypasses the authentication and enters your cyber space without your approval and even permission. Having landed into the new favorable environment, Anti AID deploys its plan by rearranging things inside your computer. It drops corrupted files of its own, modifies the system registry and through these stealthy manipulations grasps control of your OS. Now that it has come to dictate your system’s further actions, Anti AID triggers numerous mega-annoying ads that warn you of security risks