Beware of Skype Phishing

We were made aware that phishing for Skype credentials is currently taking place. The link the phishing mails direct to are dangerous – they aren’t detected by any phishing filter of the popular browsers yet. One thing caught my attention. Modern browsers should support domain highlighting so that the real domain is visible when someone surfs the Internet. Like Internet Explorer 8 properly does: ...

February 1, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 159 words Â· Omid Farhang

New Rogue: MyPcSecure

MyPcSecure is the latest rogue anti-spyware application and a clone from the WiniGuard family.

February 1, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 14 words Â· Omid Farhang

New Rogue: LiveEnterpriseSuite

LiveEnterpriseSuite is a clone of InternetAntivirusPRO. Actually, the only thing that the authors of this rogue have changed is the name in the GUI. LiveEnterpriseSuite will detect false infections and require a license to remove them. If your computer is infected with this malware, you should remove it soon, Click Here to learn how to remove such malwares. ...

January 27, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 58 words Â· Omid Farhang

New Rogue: APcSafe

APcSafe is another rogue anti-spyware clone of the WiniGuard family. if your computer is infected with this malware you should remove it soon.

January 25, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 23 words Â· Omid Farhang

New Rogue: PcsSecure

PcsSecure is the latest cloned rogue antispyware from the WiniGuard family. if your computer is infected with this malware you should remove it soon.

January 25, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 24 words Â· Omid Farhang

Desktop Security 2010

Desktop Security 2010 is a rogue antispyware program, designed to trick people into thinking it is a legitimate program. Desktop Security 2010 uses fake security warnings and system scans to frighten people into buying the software. If Desktop Security 2010 is installed on your PC, you should remove it immediately as it is a potentially dangerous computer infection. Computers that have been infected with Desktop Security 2010 may show the following symptoms: ...

January 25, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 164 words Â· Omid Farhang

Nude Pictures of Senator Scott Brown Arouse New Virus Concerns

False images from Cosmopolitan infect computers with fake antivirus product BitDefender today warned of a new threat following the flood of interest in the result of the January 19th Massachusetts elections. The day after his winning Senate campaign, nude pictures of Cosmopolitan’s Sexiest Man of 1982 Scott Brown not only stirred women’s imaginations, but also got the interest of malware creators. The latter exploited the news to spread a fake antivirus: Trojan.FakeAV.XP. Instead of spicy pictures, the targeted user received messages of false infections on their computer and prompts to buy a fake antivirus product. ...

January 22, 2010 Â· 2 min Â· 403 words Â· Omid Farhang

APcSecure

APcSecure is a new rogue from the WiniGuard clone factory.

January 22, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 10 words Â· Omid Farhang

System Defender

System Defender is a rogue antispyware program, or a PC infection made to look like real security software. System Defender is a scam designed to trick people out of their money. If your PC has been infected with System Defender, you will most likely experience the following symptoms: System scans that report numerous infections, yet requires purchase of System Defender before it will remove the infections (These are fictitious scan results) Alerts and Pop-Up system warnings stating the PC is infected and recommend purchase of System Defender (These warnings are fake) Web browser redirecting to random websites (these websites are owned by cyber thieves and will further infect your PC) System Defender will prevent other programs from opening, stating they are infected (The programs are not infected) System Defender is a very serious computer infection and should be removed from infected machines immediately. ...

January 21, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 143 words Â· Omid Farhang

ProtectSoldier

ProtectSoldier is the latest rogue antispyware program released by cyber thieves to terrorize PC users. ProtectSoldier is phony security program that trick people into buying the software with false security warnings and system scans. By displaying false system warnings, pop-up alerts warning of infections, and system scans that state the PC has numerous infections, cyber thieves rip people off by demanding the user buy the program to remove the supposed infections. ...

January 21, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 71 words Â· Omid Farhang