Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009

Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009 is another fake antivirus that wants to run off with your money and leave you with a worthless fake antivirus.

Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009 run a security scan on your computer and tell you about all the nasty infections you have on there. Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009 doesn’t really scan your hard drive, you are just looking at an animation. This means that all those infections Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009 “found” are fake. Well it’s quicker than actually scanning your hard drive and I suppose Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009 will “heal” you non existent threats once you pay for it so it lives up to its name.

There aren’t any manual removal instructions yet for Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009 yet so follow these instructions in the mean time:

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups. Now click Start, Search, All File and Folders, and see if there is a folder called Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009. If it is there, delete it. Be aware that Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009 was most likely put on your computer by a Trojan that may still be running in the background.

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Popularity: 3% [?]

Virus Shield 2009

Virus Shield 2009 is just another fake antivirus program that wants to scam you out of your money.

All Virus Shield 2009 does is give false alarms as it ties to scare with fake security alerts for threats that aren’t even on your computer to trick you into buying the full version. Blowing on your computer will protect your computer better than Virus Shield 2009 which can’t even pick up the Trojan that would have put it on your computer in the first place

There are no detailed removal instructions for Virus Shield 2009 yet so in the mean time, just follow these instructions.

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items”, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups and make following give the Virus Shield 2009 manual removal instructions easier. Also see if there is a folder in your “Program Files” called “Virus Shield 2009″. If it is there, delete it.

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Popularity: 2% [?]

PC Codec Pack

PC Codec Pack is a media video codec that tries to annoy you with popups to get you to buy the full version. PC Codec Pack does is out your money in the scammers pocket and leave you with a worthless fake codec.

PC Codec Pack will generate errors saying that you need a Codec to view a certain meda file or will say that your computer is incapaple of opening media files unless you buy PC Codec Pack. Please don’t buy PC Codec Pack, you’ll only encourage the scammers.

There are no detailed manual removal instructions for PC Codec Pack yet so just follow these instructions in the mean time.

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups and make life a little easier.

Now click Start > Search, in “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.” Do a search for PC Codec Pack and delete any folder using this name.

Popularity: 2% [?]

ErrorEasy

ErrorEasy is hopefully a new trend in fake security software in that the name actually describes what this scam does.

ErrorEasy loves to bombard you with fake alerts for threats that aren’t even on your computer to try and trick you into buying the “full” version of ErrorEasy. The computer scan that ErrorEasy “performs” is just a animation meaning that it’s security threats are bogus as well. From the moment you boot up your computer, you will keep getting ErrorEasy errors and you don’t have to do anything to get them, hence the name ErrorEasy. The Trojan that probably put ErrorEasy on your computer in the first place may have installed some other malicious programs so you may end up getting genuine errors as well.

Removing ErrorEasy is not so easy as there are no manual removal instructions available yet. In the mean time, follow these instructions:

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK

Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop ErrorEasy’s annoying popups. Also see if there is a folder in your “Program Files” called “ErrorEasy”. If it is there, delete it.

(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: 3% [?]

Advanced Spyware Detect

Advanced Spyware Detect is yet another fake anti-spyware program that wants you to pay for the honor of being infected.

From the moment it gets on your computer courtesy of a Trojan, Advanced Spyware Detect will bombard you with fake alerts for threats like Backdoor.Win32.Poison.fdb that aren’t even on your computer to try and trick you into buying the “full” version of Advanced Spyware Detect. Advanced Spyware Detect doesn’t even deserve the “Spyware Detect” part of it’s name, let alone “Advanced” as it can’t find anything except the credit card verification site.

Fortunately there are instructions to help you manually remove Advanced Spyware Detect. Before you follow these instructions:

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK

Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop Advanced Spyware Detect’s annoying popups. Also see if there is a folder in your “Program Files” called “Advanced Spyware Detect”. If it is there, delete it.

(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: 2% [?]

Top Antivirus

Introducing Top Antivirus, the latest fake antivirus wanting to scam you out of your money.

Scammers are really scraping the barrel of Dumb Product names with “Top Antivirus” Expect to see original variations on the name such as Top Antivirus 2009 and Top Antivirus XP before the year is out.

From the moment it gets on your computer courtesy of a Trojan, Top Antivirus will bombard you with fake alerts for threats that aren’t even on your computer to try and trick you into buying the “full” version of Top Antivirus.

Fortunately there are instructions to help you manually remove Top Antivirus. Before you follow these instructions:

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK

Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop the Top Antivirus annoying popups. Also see if there is a folder in your “Program Files” called “Top Antivirus”. If it is there, delete it.

(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: 2% [?]

MalwareCleaner

Just when I thought I was going to be able to go a week without having write about any new new threats, we get MalwareCleaner, a fake security program that would love nothing more than then to scam you out of your money in the middle of a recession.

The fact that the scammer’s couldn’t even be bothered to put a space between Malware and Cleaner should be a sign that there is something wrong with MalwareCleaner. Malware Cleaner is incapable of finding any malware, let alone clean it off your computer. Don’t be fooled by MalwareCleaner’s security alerts, they are fake and just there to scare you into buying the “full” version. Be aware that MalwareCleaner was most likely put on your computer by a Trojan that is probably still running in the background.

MalwareCleaner is known to generate the following popups:

Privacy is at risk! Attention, keylogging and intercepting scripts were detected. Your private data may be disclosed to third parties. Click here and Malware Cleaner will remove the infection.

Trojan detected! A piece of malicious code was found in your system which can replicate itself if no action is taken. Click here to have your system cleaned by Malware Cleaner.

There are no detailed manual removal instructions for MalwareCleaner yet so in the mean time, try these instructions:

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups and make removing MalwareCleaner a little easier.

Now click Start > Search, in “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.” Do a search for MalwareCleaner and delete any folder using this name.

(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: 2% [?]

AV AntiSpyware

AV AntiSpyware is another fake antivirus that wants to con you out of your money.

Although AV AntiSpyware seems like a dull name, I think the scammers want people to confuse it with AVG Antispyware which pops up whenever you do a search for AV AntiSpyware.

AV AntiSpyware will run a fancy looking security scan on your computer and tell you about all the nasty infections you have on there. AV AntiSpyware doesn’t really scan your hard drive, you are just looking at an animation. This means that all those infections Antivirus 09 “found” are completely bogus.

Here are some manual removal instructions for AV AntiSpyware that you can follow.

Before you do that, Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups. Now click Start, Search, All File and Folders, and see if there is a folder called AV AntiSpyware. If it is there, delete it. Now follow the AV AntiSpyware removal instructions.

(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: 3% [?]

WiniBlueSoft

WiniBlueSoft is just another fake antivirus program that wants nothing more than to scam you out of your money.

I have no idea what the scammers were thinking when they came up with the name “WiniBlueSoft”. Are they trying to get the User mark to thing of Winnie the Pooh whenever they see a WiniBlueSoft fake security alert popup.

“You know, this program is showing all the signs of a type rogue program but darn it, I can’t stop thinking about a beloved children’s character so lets buy it before my nostalgia wears off and I realize I have paid for the honor of being infected.

WiniBlueSoft is known to generate the following popups:

Recommendations… Windows Security Center. Your computer is infected by spyware – threat have been found while scanning your files and registry. It is strongly recommended that you disinfect your PC and activate Realtime protection against future intrusions.
Recommendation: Register the WiniBlueSoft antispyware to clean your computer and prevent new security and privacy attacks. You will be able to downloads database updates and get online protection against Internet attacks.

Spyware object detected! You are recommended to scan the whole system and remove all suspicious objects. Detected threat: Cookie: DoubleClick

Here are the manual for removal instructions for WiniBlueSoft.

Before you start removing it, Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups and make life a little easier. Now click Start > Search, in “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.” Do a search for WiniBlueSoft and delete any folder using this name.

(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: 3% [?]

Fix Tool

Fix Tool is a fake registry cleaner that wants to part your from your money. Fix Tool was most likely put on your computer by a Trojan..

Fix Tool is obviously a scam, even on it’s website. When you first load the page it says it has found problems on your computer, even though it hasn’t done a scan of your computer. Fix Tool must be one of those psychic programs that are being released. The “registry errors” Fix Tool says it has found in it’s constant pop ups are fake and is trying to trick you into buying the “full” version of Fix Tool.

Fix Tool is known to generate the following error:

Warning! Your computer is in critical condition, we suggest you repair ASAP! One-Click operation is specially designed for time-saving and life-enjoying to not only easily scan, repair and optimize computer system in the simplest way, but also improve PC overall performance from hardware to software. There are different malicious errors found on your system according to the scan which will result in the system collapse. With One-Click function can let these errors be ZERO and your PC will be like a brand-new.

You can try to manualy remove Fix Tool with these instructions.

Before you do that, Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups and make removing Fix Tool a little easier.

Now click Start > Search, in “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.” Do a search for Fix Tool and delete any folder using this name.

(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: 3% [?]

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