Try to avoid Dr. Guard software if you can – it’s actually the opposite of what cyber criminals are marketing it as. Dr. Guard is a part of the same junkware family as its clone Paladin Antivirus which has been in intense rotation and generated a lot of illicit traffic since early February up till [...]

Antivirus Live 2010 is keeping up the malvertising trend of its clone and precursor called Antivirus Live which was in the wild during the last quarter of 2009. Antivirus Live 2010 is an updated hence a more sophisticated rogueware version than its predecessor. It violates your privacy by penetrating into your own cyber environment through [...]

Have you been redirected to Scanner.secure-your-pc.info site lately? If so, we are afraid you got some trojan viruses to take care of. Scanner.secure-your-pc.info is a browser hijacker that pretends to check one’s computer for viruses and other risks. But the scan is just a fake, just like the software being promoted as the ‘recommended’ tool [...]

Trojan.Ertfor is a hideous parasite that does not belong on a well-functioning computer system unless you want it ruined. This trojan injects Windows OS and calls forth some side effects that won’t do the challenged PC any good. It might get disguised as a legit download or be secretly bundled with such files. Anyway, you [...]

The phony security software called Advanced Defender which is currently in the wild is using a number of insecure domains for its propagation, Advanceddefender.org being one of them. This scareware solution is powerful enough to challenge a random computer system and get installed all by itself, i.e. without having to observe the regular authentication requirements. [...]

Avgroupwebsite.com is a new Antivirus Soft scamware promoter that uses browser hijacking activity to lure illicit traffic. The related trojan virus affects Windows HOSTS file and browser settings to direct people to ‘Avgroupwebsite.com/purchase’ page. This is all about making you install and purchase a program you definitely do not need. Moreover, Antivirus Soft is even [...]

Worm_Koobface.IT is a new self-replicating PC worm that sporadically propagates on the basis of fraudulent networking sources. Once the process of this infection bill102.exe gets executed, Worm_Koobface.IT injects some files and programs the user opens. This network-aware worm is able to set up a hidden Internet connection with an outer analytic center run by cyber [...]