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May 9, 2008

Most prevalent spyware as reported by our customers in 5 May to 9 May 2008:


Fake Anti Spyware.Anti Virus2008

 

Anti Virus2008 is Rogue Security Program. It is an unwanted application. Anti Virus2008 is known to be pushed/advertised by various Trojan horse programs. It uses aggressive and deceptive techniques to frighten the user into purchasing the program. It gives exaggerated report and claims of spyware found or false positives but will not remove spyware unless the user purchases the program. It uses CPU 70% to 90%.

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Fake Anti Spyware.Safe Harddrive

 

Safe Harddrive is Rogue Anti-Spyware program. It is an unwanted application. Safe Harddrive tries to trick you into buying it by claiming you have been infected with spyware and then showing you false error reports. Safe Hard drive Protection does not scan for any spyware. It scans legitimate S/W Entries which are present on a PC and offers to purchase product to scan/quarantine those entries. It spreads other rogue application & spyware on the system. It is downloaded through Zlob and Trojan.

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Fake Anti Spyware.Registry Great

 

Registry Great is a fakeantispyware as it gives misleading result. It usually infects our system via web browser security holes. Once inside, Registry Great allows you to "scan" your computer registry for "errors". While your registry may not have real errors. It slows down your PC with heavy CPU usage.

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