Articles Archive for 30 July 2009
Posted in Information and Removal on 30 July 2009
securityreg.org is a browser hijacker that promotes rogue registry cleaner called Repair Registry 2008. It’s just another fake online anti-malware scanner that finds non-existing infections and displays fake computer threats. After the scan, securityreg.org displays fake security alert with the following text:
WARNING!!!
Harmful and malicious software detected
Online scanner detected programs that may compromise your privacy or [...]
Posted in Information and Removal on 30 July 2009
Repair Registry 2008 is a rogue anti-spyware which poses to be one of Windows Utilities. This fake virus removal software has renewed its malicious actions and now uses new generations of adware. Though advertising software is new, the aim of fraudulent Repair Registry 2008 actions hasn’t changed and money is the most important thing for [...]
Posted in Information and Removal on 30 July 2009
Spyware Cleaner 2009 is a fake security application which is widely promoted to be spyware and adware free. Many websites, for example softpedia.com, share-best.com or topsofts.com, offer downloading SpywareCleaner 2009 trial version without any payment. Also, it is highly recommended to purchase “full” version of this scareware for less that $20 in those vendors’ homepages.
After [...]
Posted in Information and Removal on 30 July 2009
Today Trend Micro researchers discovered a spoofed (fake) version of the popular Russian social networking site vkontakte.ru. Visitors of the spoofed site risk exposing their personal login credentials to a third party. Vkontakte.ru is roughly the Russian equivalent of Facebook and is very popular in Russian-speaking countries. According to the site itself it has more [...]
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