Malware Analysis:
In the hierarchy of malignant software, Vista Home Security 2011 takes its niche among the counterfeit security applications. It propagates through fake scan domains and contagious files users download, thinking those are useful codecs, software cracks etc. In all cases, this malware is delivered by a trojan that lurks on the bad sites or downloads mentioned above. Having actually accessed your computer system, Vista Home Security 2011 will issue an alleged virus scan that reports many hazardous items on your PC. This is an element of the intimidation technique which is meant to scare you into doing anything to rescue your computer. What we mean is Vista Home Security 2011 reports non-existent infections on your machine so as to convince you that you can hardly do without its help for cleaning your system up. Now, there is a trick at that point. The scamware will insist that you first buy its full version and only then get happy watching the purported viruses, trojans and spyware vanish from your PC.
Malware Analysis:
Fast Windows Antivirus 2011 is in no way related to any legitimate Windows software, nor is it a safe program to have on board one’s PC. This badware sample is delivered via counterfeit scan sites you may stumble upon during an average Internet session (you can check out the looks of such website below). It suffices to just click some attractive online advertisement to get diverted to one of such scam domains that immediately start to ‘scan’ your computer for viruses. Once the scanner is through, you will be offered a choice to get the allegedly detected parasites removed, and that’s when the worst part begins. Fast Windows Antivirus 2011 will start sparing its fangs on you. It usually sets off with a scan that is nothing but a pre-animated script which is coded to show some results known long before this program actually entered your PC. In other words, Fast Windows Antivirus 2011 reports a multitude of infections that are in fact not residing on your machine.
Malware Analysis:
Do not be at a loss if your PC is infected with Vista Internet Security 2011 . We are here to help you cope with this disaster. The main thing you must realize about this software is its fakeness. Whatever it does is always about deceiving you so you should be careful. Vista Internet Security 2011 tries to lure you with its obnoxious never-ending pop-ups and some scanners that get triggered at certain pre-determined intervals or after every PC startup. The catch consists in the fact this program detects the malware you don’t have in fact. Anything Vista Internet Security 2011 reports is a part of the multitude of phony detections hard coded in the application beforehand by the shameless hackers who created it. So tip number one – do not believe any of the ads generated by this program. Another piece of advice is to not get misled by the sweet claims of Vista Internet Security 2011 to resolve all the virus problems you have.
Malware Analysis:
BitDefender 2011 is a fake spyware detection/removal tool. Please be careful and do not take this malware for the legitimate software developed by BitDefender company. To know you are dealing with a rogue one, just compare the looks of the application with the image shown on the screenshot below. If there is a coincidence, watch out as you are undergoing an attack of the fake BitDefender 2011. Unlike its legit counterpart, this program installs itself without your direct participation, i.e. by means of a backdoor technique that often involves the network of bogus scan sites. Actually, it matters not in what way BitDefender 2011 got into your system as it eventually turns into the same old problem when operating on the infected PC. The malware displays many ads that deliver pseudo information. We mean BitDefender 2011 tells you that your computer is infested with lots of parasites such as trojan horses, keyloggers, adware and similar threats.
Malware Analysis:
Windows Tool is definitely not a legitimate program and you cannot rely on it for keeping your PC optimized at all. This utility is an example of what happens when hackers want to earn some extra money: they launch a product that looks like a real protection tool but upon thorough analysis turns out to be a worthless dummy. Windows Tool is just like that. It appears on your PC with a significant degree of unexpectedness and what’s worse – starts to take control, without you being able to prevent it. This malware installs itself all on its own and needs no authorization of the user. Having passed this infiltration phase, Windows Tool begins messing with your files and eventually gets down to issuing the ads you never wanted to see. The program reports numerous problems related to PC performance and recommends urgently fixing them. Unfortunately, the fix offered by Windows Tool is pretty tricky. It states the problems cannot be handled until you pay for its commercial version.
Malware Analysis:
It’s obvious that XP Anti-Virus 2011 is a fake security product. Its whole activity is based on providing misleading information and recommending people to waste their money. XP Anti-Virus 2011 represents the very peculiar family of malignant applications. The specificity consists in the fact there are many applications (around 20) with different names that exploit the same executable (process). The way this particular malcode manifests itself on the infected computer depends on the Operating System infected. It’s therefore clear XP Anti-Virus 2011 is malware that drops on to an XP system. So much for the distinguishing features of this rogue. The remaining part of its essence is pretty much identical to that of most scarewares out there. XP Anti-Virus 2011 imitates PC defense routine by means of issuing false positives and displaying phony scan reports. This way, the badware attempts to convince you that your computer has quite a few infections on board and therefore needs to undergo an urgent cleaning procedure.
Malware Analysis:
Windows Fix Disk is a fake PC performance analysis and improvement utility. It claims to do the things it is actually unable to do. Windows Fix Disk infects computers using various exploits and potential vulnerabilities of the targeted computer system. Like many of its clone malwares, the activity of this one is based on attempting to persuade its victims that their PCs are not functioning properly due to errors and some Operating System issues that allegedly slow down your machine and affect it in the worst way. The one undoubted fact one can state about Windows Fix Disk is it reports imaginary problems that your workstation never really had. Now allow us to outline your plan of action with regard to this malicious application. First, you need to acknowledge that unless you get rid of Windows Fix Disk none of your real problems will be solved. Secondly, do remember this program does not yield to the regular uninstalling methods such as the Control Panel (Add/Remove Programs) or its own interface.
Malware Analysis:
System Restore is an example of counterfeit security software. It crosses all reasonable boundaries of software propagation and functioning. System Restore usually comes with a trojan that hides in contagious files users download from certain online resources. We must admit the malware distributors are pretty sly as they named their scam product like a Windows command that gets a system back to a certain date in the past. Therefore it’s not that easy to find relevant removal info pertaining to System Restore using the popular organic search. Anyway, as you must have figured this program appears on your computer with a considerable degree of unexpectedness. The hackers need this to be so because it gives them additional time for their offspring to insert its roots deep in the compromised computer without the user’s interference or even awareness. System Restore then does what it is programmed to. It triggers popup ads at some fixed time intervals.
Malware Analysis:
Vista Total Security is a new misleading application out there looking for credulous people to rip them off. This is a sample of a fake security client that is sophisticated enough to determine the OS it drops on. Therefore, it’s only on Vista that Vista Total Security is called this way. If it were a different Operating System, you would see a different name with the corresponding first word of this denomination. There is hardly anything that makes Vista Total Security different from an average rogue antivirus. It tends to display scanners once in a while when acting on your computer. These scans inform you that some hazardous software is on your machine and you must immediately get rid of it. Vista Total Security reports trojan horses, spyware, adware, malicious browser add-ons, keyloggers etc. Among the false reporting means, Vista Total Security also uses misleading pop-ups apart from the scanners we mentioned.
Malware Analysis:
Internet Protection is not at all the program you may take it for at first sight. It is a malignant application that invades one’s private cyber environment in an impudent manner. Internet Protection is all about making it look like it aims to support you in keeping viruses of all kinds away. This rogue anti-spyware chooses the regular set of methods for deceiving its preys. Its arsenal includes fake scanners and phony popup warning messages that misinform the user. These ads contain information about multiple infections that have been allegedly spotted on your computer. Most users would probably get confused (to say the least of it) after learning such facts. At this point, you should give yourself a break and think why Internet Protection is on your PC and how it got there. We are pretty sure you won’t recall the moment this application got into your machine. That is because Internet Protection never lets you know it’s going to install itself, nor does it ask for your permission before doing that.