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  • Cannot Download SpyHunter
    or Browse the Internet?
    Try alternate download method: Download SpyHunter on an uninfected computer, transfer the SpyHunter installation file to a removable drive (i.e. USB flash drive, CD or DVD), and then load it on the computer that has the malware infection…

  • Reasons Why SpyHunter May
    Not Automatically Remove
    Malware Infections
    One major reason SpyHunter may not completely remove your infection is because you may be infected with a mutating malware infection such as a trojan or rootkit. A mutating malware infection is extremely difficult to remove automatically because it changes into an unidentifiable form inside your system…

  • Warning: ‘Never gonna drink
    Coca Cola again’ Facebook Status
    Update is a Clickjacking Scam
    Have any of your Facebook friends posted a status update with a link that grabs your attention? What if the Facebook status update told you not to ever drink Coca Cola again and offer a ‘HORRIFIC video’ to prove why? Would you be tempted to click on the link and view the video? I know I would…

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Featured Malware

Since early 2012, ESG malware analysts have been receiving reports of a large batch of rogue security applications in the FakeVimes family of malware. Although this family of rogue security programs has been active and continually updated since 2009, this recent release includes a dangerous rootkit component that can be quite difficult to remove. Windows Foolproof Protector is one of the dozens of clones in this batch of FakeVimes prorgams that include that rootkit component. ESG m…

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PC Safety Tip of the Week

We recently discovered a new phishing scam from a Bank of America spam email message that attempts to warn a computer user of an ‘invalid login’ resulting in a ’suspended banking account’. The spam message is ultimately a phishing scam that tries to lure computer users to a phishing site to obtain banking account login credentials.

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