PC Defender is a rogue anti-spyware application that is related to the well-known PC Defender 2008. It uses scare tactics to try and get users to buy a software license. PC Defender gets installed on user systems via Trojan viruses that get downloaded along with fake video codec packs and from websites that advertise fake [...]
Personal Anti Malware is a rogue anti-spyware application that tries to trick users into paying for its license. It gets installed by using Trojans that get downloaded from websites that advertise fake system scanners and through social engineering methods. Once established on the user’s system, Personal Anti Malware loads itself at boot time and performs [...]
XP Antispyware 2010 (which also passes under the name of XPAntispyware2010) is an operating-system specific rogue anti-spyware related to such rogue applications as Win 7 Antispyware 2010 and Vista Antispyware 2010. It uses scare tactics to try and trick users in to paying for the full version of the software. XP Antispyware 2010 gets installed [...]
Related to the notorious rogue software known as Internet Security 2010, Security Essentials 2010 uses the same tactics as it’s relative to try and scare users into purchasing a software license. Security Essentials 2010 reaches a user’s system via Trojan viruses that get installed along with fake video codec packs. Once established on the user’s [...]
Also known as XPAntivirusPro2010 and XP Antivirus Pro, XP Antivirus Pro 2010 is an operating-system specific rogue antivirus program that tries to trick users into paying for its license. This rogue software gets installed through Trojans and malicious software that reach the user’s system via dangerous websites. Once established on the system, XP Antivirus Pro [...]
Belonging to the same family of rogue antivirus software as PC Live Guard, Security Antivirus uses the same tactics as its relatives to try and lure users in to paying for the license of the software. Security Antivirus reaches user systems via fake online malware scanners and through Trojan viruses. Once established on the system, [...]
