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How to remove Vista Antivirus 2008 (Removal Instructions)
Vista Antivirus 2008 is a new rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as Windows Antivirus 2008, Antivirus 2008, and System Antivirus 2008. When installed, Vista Antivirus 2008 will automatically scan your computer and state you have a variety of security risks that ......
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How to remove Zinaps Anti-Spyware 2008
Zinaps Anti-Spyware 2008 is a new rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as Awola. Zinaps is advertised and installed through the use of a Trojan that display fake security alerts in your Windows taskbar that attempt to masquerade as Windows Security Center alerts. These fake alerts state that Windows has detected a security risk and that it will install a anti-spyware program for you. The curren...
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How to remove Malware Patrol Pro or MalwarePatrol Pro
Malware Patrol Pro is a new rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as AdvancedXPFixer and Advanced XP Defender. MalwarePatrolPro is advertised and installed through the use of Trojans and through misleading advertisements on web sites. These advertisements pretend to be a antimalware scanner where they find infections. In reality, though, these are purely ads and the web site has no idea what ...
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How to remove Pest-Patrol
Pest-Patrol is a new rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as XP-Shield. When Pest-Patrol is installed on your computer, it will automatically scan it and display a list of supposed infections on your computer that cannot be removed unless you first purchase a license of the software. These infections, though, are legitimate Windows files that should not be deleted, as doing so may cause prob...
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How to remove AntiMalwareGuard (Uninstall Instructions)
AntiMalwareGuard is a rogue anti-spyware program that deliberately displays numerous false positives that wont be removed unless you first purchase the software. When installed, AntiMalwareGuard will scan your computer and display a variety of legitimate programs as malware....
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How to remove SpyGuarder (Removal Instructions)
SpyGuarder is a new rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as WinXProtector. SpyGuarder is advertised and installed through the use of Trojans and misleading popups that state you are infected or have some other security risk on your computer. If you are tricked into downloading and installing the program, SpyGuarder will automatically scan your computer and list a variety ......
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How to uninstall AdvancedXPFixer (Removal Instructions)
AdvancedXPFixer is a new rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as Advanced XP Defender. AdvancedXPFixer is advertised and installed through the use of Trojans, such as the iSecurity Trojan, and through misleading popups that attempt to make you feel that your computer has a security risk. If the program...
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How to remove the iSecurity (iSecurity.cpl) Trojan (Removal Instructions)
A new malware that has been picking up steam lately is the iSecurity Trojan. This Trojan is typically spread by users visiting porn and warez sites without all of the latest security updates or by downloading and running executables from these sites. Once the Trojan is installed, it will create a fake Windows Security Center window that defines the term Spyware and then provides a list of rogue anti-ma...
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How to remove KvmSecure (Removal Instructions)
KvmSecure is a rogue anti-spyware program that displays false results and then requires you to purchase the software before you can remove them. Once installed, KvmSecure will scan your computer and list a variety of infections that are found. These infections, though, do not actually exist on your computer and are only being shown to scare you into purchasing the software. Programs like KvmSecure are ......
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How to remove Advanced XP Defender (Removal Instructions)
Advanced XP Defender is the successor to the rogue anti-spyware program called WinIFixer. Advanced XP Defender is advertised through the use of Trojans that display fake security warnings and state that you should install Advanced XP Defender in order to remove them. If you click on ......
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How to remove XP SecurityCenter (Removal Instructions)
XP SecurityCenter is a rogue anti-spyware program that displays fake results that can only be removed if you first purchase a license of the software. XP SecurityCenter is as much of a scam as a rogue program can be. First, it is advertised through the use of malware. Second, it displays fake alerts stating Windows has detected malware activity on your computer. Last, but not least, it actually creates ......
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How to remove XP-Shield
XP-Shield is a rogue anti-spyware program that is in the same family as AntiVirProtect and WinXProtector. When XP-Shield is installed, it will scan your computer and list a variety of security risks that can only be removed if you first purchase the software. What classifies this software as a rogue is ......
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How to remove AntiSpySpider and sockins32.dll (Removal Instructions)
AntiSpySpider is a rogue anti-spyware program that is advertised and installed via the use of malware. Currently AntiSpy Spider is advertised through a Trojan named sockins32.dll, which is located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. When this infection is running it will periodically open advertisements in Internet Explorer stating that you have some security risk and that you should install AntiSpy Spider....
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How to remove AntiSpywareMaster (Removal Instructions)
AntiSpywareMaster is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same developers as AntiSpywareExpert. Once installed, AntiSpywareMaster will scan your computer and display a variety of false positives and fake results, which can only be removed if you purchase a license of the software. The problem is that the infections found are all legitimate programs being falsely labeled as malware. For example, AntiSpywar...
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How to remove Antivirus 2008
Antivirus 2008 is a rogue anti-malware program that displays false results and requires you to first purchase the software before you can remove anything. When installed, Antivirus 2008 will scan your computer and list a variety of infections found on your computer. When most anti-malware programs, and even rogue ones, scan your computer they will list the infections as specific registry keys or files. Ant...
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How to remove WinAntivirus Pro (Removal Instructions)
WinAntivirusPro is a rogue anti-spyware from the same programmers as AntiSpywareExpert and XPAntiVirus. When WinAntivirusPro is installed, it will automatically scan your computer and display a large list of fake infections installed on your computer. In order to remove these infections, though, you are required to purchase a license of WinAntivirusPro before you can remove them. These infections are s...
