Computer Tips -Tech Info

AntiTroy is a rogue antivirus application that is usually installed through trojans that are masquerading as a video codec update or flash player update. It usually installs without the computer users permission and will complain about many security issues with your pc. It will claim that there are virus infected files that should be removed and of course, it couldn’t possibly fix the problems until you pay for their software. This is essentially a scam to separate you from your money and you should read on for how to remove antitroy.

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Antivirus Live is a rogue antivirus application that usually is installed without the permission of the owner of the computer. Simple web browsing may be enough when visiting the wrong site for this to introduce itself onto the machine via a trojan or even aggressive advertising within the page that tricks or confuses the user into installing it. It’s other tactics are fairly aggressive as well as it tries to disable your legitimate antivirus or antimalware software and prevent it from installing as well as hijacking the web browser so that you can only visit their page to purchase the software. After all, they claim to be able to fix all of the problems on your computer. Read on for how to remove Antivirus Live.

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PC Live Guard is a Rogue antivirus application that typically installs on a system through aggressive advertising and fake scan sites. You will see things that pop up appearing to be a scan of your computer, but it’s really just an ad pushing this product. Once the software is on your system it will create many files that it then holds up as proof of your system being infected by viruses. It also pops up many warnings about your system security and claims that it cannot fix any of the problems until you purchase the software. Read of for how to remove PC Live Guard.

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Live PC Care is a rogue antivirus application that is advertised and promoted through misleading ads and aggressive tactics. In many cases the ad may be an animation of a scan of a computer that claims to find viruses and you must click a link to fix the problem. This downloads the software and then it continues to find problems and threats on your computer that it claims can only be fixed if you purchase the software. Read on for how to remove Live PC Care.

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AntiKeep is a rogue antivirus application from the same family as ReAnti and AntiAdd which we’ve written about in the last few days. Like many of these rogue application they will try to trick you into consenting to install it, or install without your permission. They will claim that there are viruses and problems on your computer that can only be fixed when you purchase their software. With all of these rogue antivirus applications you shouldn’t trust the claims that the software makes and should work to remove it as soon as possible. Read on for how to remove antikeep.

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Personal Security is a rogue antivirus application that comes from the same (dreaded) family as the Cyber Security rogue. It usually installs on the users computer without the permission of the computer user. Once installed on the system it will then perform supposed scans finding lots of virus infected files and popup all sorts of falsified warnings of other types claiming that there are numerous problems with your computer. All of these are falsified and have the goal of separating you from your money. As with all of these rogues it claims that it can’t fix the problems with your computer until you purchase. Read on for how to remove personal security.

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AntiAdd is a rogue antivirus application. It is installed via trojans that claim to be video codec or flash player updates and then once installed on the system it will claim to be scanning your computer and discovering all sorts of viral infected files. In addition to this it may popup warnings about supposed security threats and will claim that it cannot fix the problems unless you purchase the software. AntiAdd is essentially just out to get your money and should be removed. Read on for how to remove AntiAdd.

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ReSpyWare is a rogue antivirus/ antimalware application in the same family as Reanti,keepcop and secure keeper and unfortunately a very very long line of other predecessors. They are not much different except in their names. Probably the biggest shared trait is the annoying warnings about supposed viruses on your computer and that it can’t clean up those viruses unless you pay. The other similarity with these is that they are all useless. So, this is essentially a scam to separate people from their money. Read on for how to remove respyware.

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Antivir is a rogue antivirus application that is pushed through web site popup ads on unsuspecting users. Basically in web browsing you may see a popup claiming that your computer is infected and you should run a malware scan. Clicking to proceed will probably show an animation of a scan which is really nothing more than an animated lookalike scan. After this it will claim that you need to downlod antivir in order to clean the supposed viruses that it found off your computer. After that the program becomes even more troublesome launching popup warnings and complaints and running scans and then claiming that your system is full of viruses. Read on for how to remove Antivir.

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ReAnti is a rogue antivirus application from the Wini family. It is typically promoted through supposed flash player updates or video codec updates. Once on your system it will pretend to run a scan and find all sorts of files that it claims are infected with viruses. Of course, like all the rogue applications it can only clean things up if you pay for the software. Read on for how to remove reanti.

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