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Power Antivirus 2009 Info & Manual Removal Guide


Power Antivirus 2009 Description

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Power Antivirus 2009 or PowerAntivirus2009, is a rogue anti-spyware program and a clone of Win Antivirus 2008. Power Antivirus 2009 uses Win Antivirus 2008’s same interface and it’s even promoted by the same website, power-antivirus-2009.com. Power Antivirus 2009 may install in the user’s computer system through a Trojan or the user may have downloaded it by mistake.

Once installed, Power Antivirus 2009 generates fake popups and system alert messages stating the user’s computer is infected with spyware. Power Antivirus 2009 is also able to generate a rogue computer system scan and display erroneous spyware results. These scare tactics are only used by Power Antivirus 2009 to push the user into purchasing Power Antivirus 2009’s full version.

Power Antivirus 2009 is an upgrade of rogue Win Antivirus 2008. Power Antivirus 2009 is a threat to the user’s privacy.

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Posted by Grace Mathews on July 31st, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

AntiSpyStorm 2008 Info & Manual Removal Guide


AntiSpyStorm 2008 Description

AntiSpyStorm 2008, AntiSpyStorm2008 or AntiSpyStorm, is a rogue anti-spyware program. AntiSpyStorm 2008 may install in the user’s computer system by a Trojan (Zlob or Vundo) or the user may have downloaded it from a malicious website. Once Zlob is installed, it will bombard the user with fake popups and system alert notifications stating that the user’s computer system is infected with spyware.

If the user is persuaded into clicking on any of these messages, AntiSpyStorm 2008 may launch its fake system scan trial. After the rogue system scan is completed, AntiSpyStorm 2008 will issue a fake scan result informing the user about the numerous infections found in the computer system. AntiSpyStorm 2008 will then offer its full version to remove the supposed spyware infections.

AntiSpyStorm 2008’s full version of the program is sold at its own website, AntispyStorm2008.com, for $49.95. AntiSpyStorm 2008 may launch on every Windows startup.

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Posted by Grace Mathews on July 30th, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

Win Antivir 2008, Adware.BHO.BluSwede, Trojan.Qhost.x, more - SpyHunter Update v.8.85

SpyHunter Spyware Definitions Update: v.8.85 (07/29/2008)
SpyHunter Latest Program Update: v.3.5.11

The following new parasites have been added:

Win Antivir 2008, Adware.BHO.BluSwede, Trojan.Qhost.x, SecureExpertCleaner, XLGuarder, Vitae Antivirus 2008, Win Antivirus 2008, Adware.ThunderAdvise, Trojan-PSW.OnLineGames.yzk, Trojan.Downloader.Small.hlp, Trojan.Agent.ZRP, Trojan.Agent.THK, Trojan.FtpSend, Trojan.Downloader.Murlo, Trojan.VB.cpy, Trojan.Downloader.Exchanger, Trojan.Downloader.Agent.erl, InternetSecurityDeluxe, AntispyMaster, PCHealthCenter

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Posted by Grace Mathews on July 29th, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

Antivirus 2008, Antivirus 2009, XP Antivirus 2008, & Others Infect Winlogon

Do you have Antivirus 2008, Antivirus 2009, Vista Antivirus 2008, Windows Antivirus 2008, Antivirus 2008 Pro, XP Antivirus 2008, Antivirus XP 2008, XP Antivirus 2009, XPAntiVirus, or any other Antivirus-named program variation that you did not consensually agree to download on your machine?

In the past few weeks, we’ve had a high percentage of SpyHunter customers that have experienced trojan infections related to the Antivirus 2008 trojan family. These trojan infections have the ability to infect the System File winlogon.exe and be able to execute drive-by downloads of rogue anti-spyware programs like Antivirus 2008 onto the computer. Winlogon.exe is a crucial file for Windows’ operation so once it’s infected, it makes an automated removal process with a real anti-spyware progam nearly impossible to do.

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Posted by ESGI Advisor on July 23rd, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

Trojan.Dialer.fi, more - SpyHunter Update v.8.81

SpyHunter Spyware Definitions Update: v.8.81 (07/22/2008)
SpyHunter Latest Program Update: v.3.5.11

The following new parasites have been added:

Trojan.Dialer.fi

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Posted by Grace Mathews on July 22nd, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

Trojan Rootkit.Gen Variants Block Security Applications (Norton, Window Defender, others) from Running

We have recently come across a new variation of an old rootkit infection that is worse than anything our Technical Support team has ever encountered. It was brought to our attention by a SpyHunter customer who contacted our Technical Support team stating that she had a malware infection that was disabling key functions on her computer and that she needed our help. Upon closer inspection, our Technical Support team discovered that her malware infection was actually a trojan rootkit. What drew our Technical Support team to such conclusions was not only the fact that her computer was experiencing excessive pop-ups advertising rogue anti-spyware programs like AntispywareMaster, or that the Task Manager and RegEdit were disabled, but that the biggest symptom was the inability to run SpyHunter after installation. Even when SpyHunter managed to start, she couldn’t get the ‘Definitions Update’ or ‘Program Update’ feature to work and eventually SpyHunter automatically disabled itself.

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Posted by ESGI Advisor on July 21st, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

AntivirusMaster Info & Manual Removal Guide


AntivirusMaster Description

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AntivirusMaster, Antivirus Master or AV Master, is a rogue anti-spyware program and a clone of a AntivirusXP2008, Antivirus 2009 and Antivirus 2008. AntivirusMaster may be installed onto the user’s computer system by a Trojan Zlob. Once Zlob is installed, it will display popups and system notifications stating that the computer is infected with spyware threats, in an attempt to persuade the user into purchasing the full AntivirusMaster’s commercial version. AntivirusMaster may also use its system scanner to run a fake computer scan and list false positives as a result. AntivirusMaster’s purpose is to confuse the user with non-existent threats and that to fix the problem they need AntivirusMaster’s full program to solve their problems.

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Posted by Grace Mathews on July 15th, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

WinDefender2008, PC Clean Pro, SpywareScanner2008, more - SpyHunter Update v.8.74

SpyHunter Spyware Definitions Update: v.8.74 (07/10/2008)
SpyHunter Latest Program Update: v.3.5.11

The following new parasites have been added:

WinDefender2008, PC Clean Pro, SpywareScanner2008, Real AntiSpyware, Trojan.Dialer.bty

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Posted by Grace Mathews on July 10th, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

Trojan.Dropper.Zirit.Gen, more - SpyHunter Update v.8.73

SpyHunter Spyware Definitions Update:v.8.73 (07/09/2008)
SpyHunter Latest Program Update: v.3.5.11

The following new parasites have been added:

Trojan.Dropper.Zirit.Gen

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Posted by Grace Mathews on July 9th, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

WinAntispyware2008, Doctor Antivirus 2008, WinFix Master, more - SpyHunter Update v.8.70

SpyHunter Spyware Definitions Update: v.7.75 (02/07/2008)
SpyHunter Latest Program Update: v.3.5.11

The following new parasites have been added:

WinAntispyware2008, DoctorAntiVirus2008, WinFix Master, Proofile Toolbar, PestSweeper, ConfidentUser, Registry Patrol, Trojan.Downloader.Agent.tyx, Trojan.Downloader.Agent.uaf, Trojan.Downloader.Mutant, WinXSecurityCenter, AntivirusXP 2008, Trojan.Dialer.qi, Trojan.Agent.kkp

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Posted by Grace Mathews on July 2nd, 2008 in Spyware Alerts

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