Antivirus-Scan-Online.com and Antivirus-PremiumScan.com

Just in time for Halloween, RemoveOnline.com have found two terrifying Antivirus 2009 websites. Trust me me, these websites are a trick.

Be sure to avoid Antivirus-Scan-Online.com and Antivirus-PremiumScan.com.

If you keep being taken to Antivirus-scan-online.com and Antivirus-premiumscan.com, or you are worried that they may have installed something on your computer, run a free scan of Spyware Doctor to see if there is anything nasty on your computer.

Popularity: 7% [?]

Personal Defender 2009

Personal Defender 2009 is a new fake anti-spyware program wanting to show you it’s fake security pop ups.

I’m not exactly sure what the scammers say Personal Defender 2009 will do. Going by a picture on it’s website, Personal Defender 2009 “protects” you from the evil Internet Explorer and men who wear hats and sunglasses. Apparently these things want to plug an oversized cable into your laptop.

Spyware Doctor will do a much better job at protecting your computer as well as removing Personal Defender 2009 for you. As always, you can remove Personal Defender 2009 manually.

(FYI: for some links to software we receive a commission. This is one of them. But we wouldn’t recommend Spyware Doctor if we didn’t think it would help.)

Popularity: 12% [?]

Win Defender 2009

I’d like everyone to welcome Win Defender 2009 to the Damn Trojan Fake Antivirus Family.

I get the feeling that Win Defender 2009 is not long for this world with it’s “Please Sue Me Microsoft” use of the Windows logo.

You can help quicken Win Defender 2009’s death by not purchasing it. Instead use
Spyware Doctor to get rid of Win Defender 2009, or remove Win Defender 2009 manually.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Wireless Security

A lot of people are now setting up a wireless network in their home. While this is useful, a lot of people don’t realize how vulnerable their wireless network is because they didn’t set up any security.

9 Easy Steps | Setup secured home wireless network is an easy to understand article on how to set up some security for your wireless network. The following video is also very helpful.

If all this is a bit too much for you, get a TRUSTED friend or relative to set up your wireless network security for you or you could contact your local computer company, who can professionally set it up.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Security Software Updates and Scans

At work, I quite often get computers that have infections on them. A lot of the time these computers have Antivirus and/or Antispyware protection on them. Yes, some even have Spyware Doctor on it.

It doesn’t matter what security program you have on your computer, their ability to protect your computer is restricted if you don’t do three simple things: Update the security software, run a quick weekly scan and run a monthly full scan. While daily updates are usually enabled by default, scheduled scans are usually left to the user to set up.

Some security programs update invisibly in the background, and you may receive a little pop up when the update is done. Some programs like AVG 7.5, announce that they are downloading updates and interrupt whatever you are doing, so it’s no surprise that people hit cancel when it appears. Updating your security software daily is essential. Not only does it protect you from the latest nasties, it’s often quite hard to update your security software after you have been badly infected by a parasite you want to remove.

The next thing you should do is a weekly quick scan. Some people find this disruptive, but good security software will scan quietly in the background without much of a performance cost. A weekly quick scan is useful to find something that may have stowed away on your computer. Schedule a quick scan to run once a week, preferably at time when you not using your computer.

The next thing you want to do is schedule a monthly full scan. Quick scans just look in the places parasites like to live but a full scan, scans everything. Full scans take a few hours to complete depending on how much you have on your hard drive.

Doing daily updates and running a weekly quick scan and a monthly full scan will help keep your computer parasite free. Take a look at your security software documentation to find out how to schedule daily updates and weekly and monthly scans.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Fake E-Cards

Every so often on the net, I read about someone being infected by something they got on a fake e-card. It’s not surprising that there are fake e-cards, e-cards are very popular and my cheapo family love sending them on special occasions. Not that I can blame them, have you seen the prices of greeting cards lately?

My boss tells his clients never click the link on an e-card but delete the email instead. I think this a little extreme as most e-cards are legit and you don’t want pissed off rellies and friends wondering they haven’t received an e-card receipt.

scambusters.org have the following suggestions for detecting fake ecards.

- Spelling mistakes — e.g. congratulation! Or your name is misspelled.

- Errors in the message — e.g. it says you sent a card, not received one.

- The sender isn’t someone you know.

- The sender has a bogus name (Joe Cool, Agatha Tragonawar, Card Sender, Secret Admirer, etc.).

- A URL that appears odd — e.g. www.http:// rather than http://www. (If the link points to an exe, delete the email immediately)

If you are taken to an e-card website that asks you install something to view the e-card , DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT click install. I have had far too many clients fall for things like that.

Once again I highly recommend you use Spyware Doctor to protect your computer from fake e-cards and other nasties. If you open an exe that Spyware Doctor detects is trying to install malicious software on your computer, it will quarantine the exe before it has a chance to do anything. That’s just one of the reasons the company I work for try to put Spyware Doctor on every machine we get in.

For more information of fake e-cards, be sure to read Tips for sending and receiving ecards safely: Internet ScamBusters™ #152

Popularity: 4% [?]

Webscannertools.com and PremiumLiveScan.com

411-Spyware have found two more websites belonging to (Drum Roll) Antivirus 2009.

Be sure to add www.webscannertools.com and www.PremiumLiveScan.com to your ever growing “Damn Antivirus 2009 Website List”.

If you keep being taken to these sites or are worried that they may have installed something on your computer, run a free scan of Spyware Doctor to see if there is anything nasty on your computer.

Popularity: 5% [?]

Real Antivirus

You know that fake antivirus makers are running out of names when the have to name their program “Real Antivirus” in order to convince you it’s not a scam.

You know fake antivirus makers are in trouble when their fake antivirus logo is stolen from the “Resident Evil” games.

You know fake antivirus makers are desperate when their stolen logo was used to depict the evil enemy company in the “Resident Evil” games.

Spyware Doctor will get rid of Real Antivirus for you, or you can remove Real Antivirus manually.

Popularity: 5% [?]

System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor

System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor is the latest TV sitcom from “I’m Going to Scam you Good” productions. Join these misguided fake security applications as they get onto peoples computers to con the user into buying the non existent “full” version by bombarding them with fake security popups.

Be sure to stay tuned afterwards for “Fran Dresher Sings the Phone Book.”

If this doesn’t sound like a fun filled evening, 411-Spyware has listed the following websites to avoid so System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor can’t get onto your computer.

http://www.windows-antispy2008.com
http://www.vis-antispy2008.com
http://www.antivirus-research-lab.com
http://www.advanced-antivirus.com

If System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor are playing on your computer, Spyware Doctor. (No relation to Hardware Doctor) can remove System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor for you.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Uuemy777gold.com Spam

Those who are sending spam aren’t even checking if whatever they are promoting exists.

I’ve been getting a lot of emails recently from uuemy777gold.com, here are some of the emails I have received.

Alexis Daniel

I just bought a 2008 Mercedes Benz…This is gonna be a great year!

Shame there’s only two more months left in the year Alexis. I’m not sure how you waving your new car in my face is going to convince me to visit uuemy777gold.com, I’m just going to curse you while I’m stuck in traffic in my 1979 Ford Escort.

Ado Day

Ever fell in love? You’ll fall in love with this casino! Fat gift of $2400 no strings when you enter, your favorite Vegas games at your fingertips, USA players accepted, easy, secure payments, fast withdrawals. It’s Valentine’s Day for all our guests!

It’s a shame I won’t wont fall in love with the casino because don’t live in the USA. I live in a country where “International Growl Like a Pirate Day” is more widely celebrated than Valentine’s Day.

Abdullah Boone

My bank account is the size of Texas….

Going by this email, your ego is the same size.

Alasteir Cook

I have so much money I wanna give you some.

I love getting something for nothing, you’ve convinced me to click the link…… and it’s dead. I’ve been getting all these casino Spam emails with dead links. I’m very disappointed. Hey Alasteir, I still want your money, contact me.

Popularity: 4% [?]

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