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Anti-Spyware Guide. Remove, Delete and Uninstall Spyware from your PC.
 
  Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:37:56 +0200
CNN.com Daily Top 10 e-mail is spam! CNN.com Daily Top 10 e-mail has no relation with the honest CNN.com. CNN.com Daily Top 10 e-mail is a spam e-mail sent to you by hackers to download Trojan-Downloader.Agent.EL into your computer system! CNN.com Daily Top 10 makes you believe it's an e-mail sent by CNN.com with the top ten stories of the day, but when you click on any of the stories in this e-mail you'll be closer to the latest 2008 rip-off. The link you clicked on will take you to a corrupt website that will try to scam you into believing you need the latest Flash player to view the site. Innocently, you're most likely going to download the update file get_flash_update.exe. Get_flash_update.exe is actually (drumroll please...) Trojan-Downloader.Agent.EL!
  Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:02:19 +0200
Antispyware 2008 XP (Antispyware2008XP or AntispywareXP2008) is a fake anti-spyware targetted at the Italian-speaking part of the world. Antispyware 2008 XP may have leaped into your computer with the help of Trojan Zlob or Vundo. Once you're infected, Antispyware 2008 XP may flood your system with an exaggerated amount of system notifications and error messages informing you about spyware infections found on your computer.
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:29:39 +0200
Power Antivirus 2009 (PowerAntivirus2009, Power-Antivirus-2009) is a fake anti-spyware program found to be similar to Win Antivir 2008 and Win Antivirus 2008. Power Antivirus 2009 uses popups and false scans to trick you into purchasing a full version of Power Antivirus 2009. Power Antivirus 2009, after installed, can flood your system with various alert messages which may result in poor performance. The interface on Power Antivirus 2009 looks very similar to Win Antivir 2008 so it is safe to say that it is part of this same malicious family of rogue anti-spyware programs. It was found that Power Antivirus 2009 is related to the power-antivirus-2009.com website which is known to distribute the Power Antivirus 2009 program over the Internet. There is a slight change that you may be redirected to power.antivirus-2009.com to purchase the Power Antivirus 2009 program. The purchase of Power Antivirus 2009 should never be attempted or completed. Power Antivirus 2009 remains to be a very dangerous program that does not serve any good purpose.
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:33:24 +0200
AntiSpyware 2008 is fake anti-spyware software. It is widely promoted as a security application, but it is nothing more than a scam. AntiSpyware 2008 (also known simply as AntiSpyware) is available at Antispyware.com and Antispyware2008.info. It is also distributed on other malicious websites that sells other fake anti-spyware softwares. Antispyware 2008 is unreliable program that displays exaggerated scan results in order to gain a purchase.
  Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:45:46 +0200
VirusRemover 2008 (VirusRemover 2008 or Virus Remover 2008) is a fake spyware remover and a copy of Antivirus 2008. You might have gotten VirusRemover 2008 from a Trojan (like Zlob or Vundo) disguised as video codec installer download while surfing the web. Once your computer is infected, VirusRemover 2008 will use its fake system scan and then show a list of supposed infections as a result of the fake scan.
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:19:55 +0200
Antivirus2009 (Antivirus 2009) is a fake anti-spyware program, an exact copy of AntiVirus 2008, and family of System Antivirus 2008, Ultimate Antivirus 2008, Vista Antivirus 2008 and XP Antivirus 2008 (to mention a few). You might have been infected by Antivirus2009 through a fake video codec download bundled with Trojan Zlob. Once Antivirus2009 leaps into your computer system, it will bombard you with popups and fake system alerts that inform you about supposed spyware infections. These alerts are prompted by Antivirus2009 itself to trick you into buying a fake spyware remover software.
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:56:10 +0200
Advanced Antivirus (AdvancedAntivirus, AdvancedAntivirus2008, Antivirus 2008, AdvancedAntivirus 2008) is a fake anti-spyware software related to Vista Antivirus 2008, Windows Antivirus 2008, and Ultimate Antivirus 2008. Like any other common rogue, Advanced Antivirus will try to trick you with fake system scans and scan results, as well as bogus notifications that read: "WARNING! Attack Detected. Possible harmful action has been detected from remote host. Advanced Antivirus has detected possible harmful actions from remote computer on the network. Blaster/Sasser.variant worm behavior detected. You have to register your copy to get full protection feature set and an ability to defeat upcoming threats. To begin online registration, please click "Activate now" button below."
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:22:30 +0200
Ultimate Antivirus 2008 (UltimateAntivirus2008) is a fake spyware remover, copy of malicious Antivirus2008. Trojans (like Zlob or Vundo) disguise themselves as video codecs to install corrupt Ultimate Antivirus 2008 in your computer system. As soon as your computer is infected, Ultimate Antivirus 2008 will pretend to run a system scan and then show a list of supposed infections. Ultimate Antivirus 2008 may also flood your system with misleading warning alerts.
  Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:16:25 +0200
We had heard about bugs infecting computer systems... But, bugs eating away your desktop image?! Never. Malware Protector 2008 (MalwareProtector 2008) creators have perplexed computer users with their latest scare tactic: a Malware screensaver. Malware Protector 2008 is a fake anti-spyware application from the Trojan Zlob family of infections. Malware Protector 2008 may infect your system and run without your knowledge, displaying bogus alert messages that read: "Warning! Spyware detected on your computer! Install an antivirus or spyware remover to clean your computer".
  Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:06:52 +0200
System Antivirus 2008 (SystemAntivirus2008) is a fake anti-spyware application, an imitation of Windows Antivirus 2008 and Antivirus 2008. System Antivirus 2008 infects your computer with the aide of a Trojan (Zlob or Vundo) through security gaps. System Antivirus 2008 will try to get on your nerves with fake popups, bogus system scans and results to push you into buying the full System Antivirus 2008 to solve your spyware problems.