Home Antivirus 2010 is a fake anti-virus program - a fake virus remover, which uses the trojan Vundo to enter the system. This parasite relies on misleading advertising to trick the user into purchasing the full version of Home Antivirus 2010.
Upon entering the system, Home Antivirus 2010 will flood the user with popups and fake [...]

Security Mechanic is a rip-off, plain and simple. This parasite pretends to be a legitimate - awesome even - security program, when in fact it’s the software equivalent of Taco Bell, as it correlates with Mexican cuisine. Security Mechanic makes its way to the system by using trojans, worms, or, occasionally, by way of manual [...]

VirusBye is a rogue security tool aimed at the Korean market. Other than this insignificant detail, nothing else about it is different than most rogues: it enters the system using trojans, such as Vundo, or worms. VirusBye relies on misleading advertising to trick users into purchasing its so-called “full version”, which is no different than [...]

The sudden death of Michael Jackson caused not only an outpouring emotions from his family, friends, and fans, but also a spread of spam mails that took advantage of this tragic event. Even after his memorial service last July 7, 2009, spammers are clearly not resting as they try to spread other malicious spam messages.
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