Archive for December 9th, 2009

There were two news stories recently that seemed to coincide. In the first, Cisco issued an annual security report which said the two current targets of the Internet criminal underground are banks and social networks. Banks because, well, we all know w... »

SiteAdware is a phony security program, a scam designed to rip people off. If your PC is infected with SiteAdware, you should remove it immediately, as it poses serious security risks. You can use VIPRE's free 15-day trial to remove this pest from yo... »

Antivirus Live is a phony antivirus software, designed to rip people off. The Antivirus Live scam involves using fake warnings and system alerts to frighten PC users into buying the software, which is completely useless. If Antivirus Live has infecte... »

The SecurityTool rogue security product, which first turned up early in October, is still active and trying to avoid countermeasures by setting up 12-24 download sites per day.It comes in two flavorsonline scanner scam:and fake codec scam:For more info... »

PC Live Guard is a rogue security program or phony security software that uses scare tactics to frighten people into purchasing a copy of the software.PC Live Guard will use fake system scans and report false infections then demand payment before it wi... »

Personal Security is a rogue antispyware program, it is made to look like legitimate security software, but is actually a PC infection.Personal Security, like most other rogue antispyware, will use scare tactics to frighten users into purchasing the so... »

Yes, that’s right: 3.6 zettabytes!A report entitled “How Much Information” by the University of California in San Diego, released today, said the average person in the U.S. consumes 34 gigabytes of content and 100,000 words of information in a si... »

DefenceLab is a rogue antispyware software that uses nasty tricks to infect PC's and scam people. If DefenceLab is installed on your PC, you should remove it immediately.The DefenceLab User InterfaceDefenceLab uses a slightly different approach than m... »