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Malware Professional 2010 is a rogue security application. It is not a trusted malware removal utility and I hope users won’t be fooled by their claims of problem on their system that it claims only can be removed if you pay for their software. Unfortunately many users may be tricked into getting this software on their computers. Once installed it will raise all sorts of popups complaining about viruses and other problems on your computer. You should know that all of these claims are falsified and the main problem on your system is malware professional 2010. Read on for how to remove malware professional 2010.

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KeepCop is yet another of those rogue antivirus applications that seem to be such a plague on computer users today. These rogue security applications usually installed without permission, or by means of trickery claiming to be a video codec or flash player update. Further they will start out on your computer by creating many new files in C:\Windows and c:\Windows\System32. They will then come back and scan these files and claim they have viruses. It’s basically a scam. They will find problems on any machine. Read on for how to remove Keepcop.

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Additional Guard is a rogue antivirus application and like many of these it can either be installed with or without the users permission. Even without a person actually wanting it, but simply visiting the wrong web page users may find this program on their system. Once on their system this software will popup many ads and warnings. It will claim that your computer is infected with many viruses and has many problems that only it can fix and of course, it CAN’T fix them unless you pay. It’s really a scam that will cost you money and not solve any problems. Read on for how to remove additional guard.

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Eco Antivirus 2010 is a slight twist (renaming) of the recent Eco Antivirus rogue that has made the rounds. These rogues pretend to be antivirus, or antispyware software, but in reality are not much more than a scam trying to squeeze money out of unsuspecting computer users. These rogue applications will typically be installed when someone visits a web site that pops up or redirects a user to a page that looks as though it’s an antivirus program doing a scan. Then when the person clicks to remove of fix problems (and sometimes even if they don’t) the software is installed and starts its own task of finding problems to complain about. Sometimes these programs create files to claim have viruses. Almost all of the time the claims are falsified. Read on for how to remove eco Antivirus 2010.

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SecureKeeper is a rogue antivirus application in the Wini family (with their recent new look user interface.) The Wini family is a very long running line of rogue security applications that have been producing two to three different rogues each week. Of course, the primary changes are the names, but the way of operating is about the same. These will be pushed on users through supposed flash player or video codec downloads. Then will claim that the system is infected with many viruses and that the only thing you need to do to remove the viruses is to purchase their software. Please don’t purchase securekeeper and finance this scam. Read on for how to remove SecureKeeper.

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SiteVillain is another new rogue security or rogue antivirus program from the Wini family. Like a couple other of the recent rogue applications from the wini group, this one sports their new user interface. Among it’s claims of infected files and that the only way to fix them are to pay for Sitevillain, it will also try to disable your other security software, disable access to the registry editor, turn off system restore and other things which make removal a bit more challenging. Read on for how to remove sitevillain.

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Personal Protector is a rogue antivirus program that is advertised through aggressive advertising and fake scan sites. Fake scan sites are web pages that upon loading appear to be running a virus scan or other check of your local computer. In reality these are usually simply an animation and every visitor to the site will see the same results. When installed on your system, Personal Protector will appear to scan your hard drive and claim to find many problems, virus infected files and the like. In order to fix those problems it claims you will need to buy the software. This is a scam as there really isn’t anything wrong with your computer other than personal protector. Read on for how to remove personal Protector.

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Control Center is a Rogue Security application that is designed to scare people into paying for it. It is a scam. All of it’s claims about compromised system security are falsified and it really doesn’t do anything outside of promote itself. It would be best if you were to avoid paying money for this scam and instead read on for a guide to how to remove control center.

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LinkSafeness is a rogue security application that sports the new design that the Wini family of Rogue Antivirus has been using. It is usually installed through sites that claim you need a video codec or flash player update in order to view a video clip. Once established on your system it will proceed to create lots of files in the C;\windows\system32 folder and then on further scans claim that all of these files are infected with a virus. Of course, there is a catch it can’t clean the files out unless you pay for the software. Please don’t pay for this scam. Instead read on for how to remove LinkSafeness.

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Last week, Google was doing a different Doodle each day in honor of Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary. A couple days I missed their logo since I usually just search directly from my browser. Since I don’t always get to see the google logo I kind of wanted to see what they had done and while I was searching for what they had used for their various logo doodles through the week I came across an interesting link. I thought this would be a fun break from the recent diet of rogue antivirus removal…..

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