Archive for the 'Rogue Security Software' Category


How To Remove Alpha Antivirus (Removal Guide)

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

There is a new rogue among us. It appears that Alpha Antivirus has replaced Personal Antivirus as one of the latest rogue security programs. This particular rogue installs through online “scans” (popups.) The reason I say “scans” is they’re essentially animations of a scan (every one that visits the site will see the same thing […]

Remove SaveDefender | SaveDefender Removal

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

SaveDefender is somewhat related to SafetyKeeper in look and feel which mimics the look and feel of the Windows Security Center (which is legitimate.) Safetykeeper creates multiple files on your machine that it later scans and claims are infected with viruses, trojans or other malware. It then scans and claims that it cannot remove these […]

Remove SafetyKeeper | SafetyKeeper Removal

Monday, September 21st, 2009

SafetyKeeper is a rogue security application that installs via malware (trojans) and via trojan horse applications also displays security warning popups claiming that the system is infected with malware. (Files that it creates are cited as evidence of the malware infection.) It will also cite “infiltration alerts” or “security center alerts”. It spoofs the look […]

Remove Proof Defender | Proof Defender Removal

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Proof Defender is another rogue security application that acts and claims to be antispyware/antivirus, but in reality is nothing more than a scam to get your dollars for a program that raises red flags over imaginary viruses and claims to clean them. It’s related to the Perfect Defender 2009 family of rogue security software. This […]

Remove Personal Guard 2009 | Personal Guard 2009 Removal

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Personal Guard 2009 is another rogue antivirus application that is installed through sites that claim your pc is infected with various problems. These online “scans” will encourage you to download personal guard 2009 so that you can clean up your system. Then when Personal Guard 2009 runs it’s scan it will be able to “fix” […]

Remove Total Security 2009 | TotalSecurity 2009 Removal

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Total Security 2009 is also known as TotalSecurity 2009 or TotalSecurity2009. It is a newer version of the Total Security Antivirus which we highlighted just a week or so ago. It is a more troublesome variant of this rogue security software. In addition to the false warnings about problems on your system and the promise […]

How to Remove Windows PC Defender | Windows PC Defender Removal

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Windows PC Defender is a rogue antivirus application that resembles the legitimate antispyware known as Windows Defender from Microsoft. Their intent apparently is to mimic the look an theming of that application to trick potential customers into trusting and downloading (and paying for) their product. It is a clone of Windows Guard Pro and Ultimate […]

How to Remove Virus Doctor (or Remove VirusDoctor) | Virus Doctor Removal

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

It looks as though that Virus Doctor (or Virusdoctor) is an older rogue antivirus application, but since it seems related to the search I was seeing lot’s of last night about rootscan.info I thought I would devote an article to the removal instructions for virus doctor. Since it may be related to Windows PC Defender, […]

Rootscan.info? More Rogue Security Software on the horizon?

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

To follow up the last post about watching google hot trends…. I noticed an unusual search in the trends for rootscan.info. It currently seems to redirect to a site talking about rogue antivirus removal so it might not be anything, but the related searches for virus doctor, virus doctor removal, windows pc defender removal make […]

Total Security Antivirus Removal

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Total Security Antivirus is another rogue security application that poses as legitimate antivirus software to dupe people into installing and then paying for it. It is related to Antivirus 360 and is perhaps the followup software from the same group. This particular pest is possibly installing itself onto systems by way of a trojan or […]

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