Rogue antispyware applications continuously evolve and change their appearances and scare tactics to trick more and
more PC users. It is the same old story with the malicious Smart Protection 2012, which has been developed and upgraded from its previous very popular and well known clones Security Sphere 2012, Security Shield, etc. … continue reading this entry.
It would seem as though RIM, the developers and creators behind BlackBerry is trying to appease its angry crowed of consumers by giving away free applications, along with free technical support. This is done in the wake of the outages BlackBerry users across the world experienced recently.
The free applications will include Sims 3 and NOVA, as well as Bejeweld and many other free games and applications. They will be available for free from AppWorld, for an entire month starting Wednesday. The free tech support will also be limited up to a month.
Along with these offers RIM’s official description of the outage does not let on to what caused the outage. Details are as yet still unclear of exactly what caused the outage. But whatever the cause, the outage has focus a good deal of attention on the weaknesses of the centralized routing of data and in a reliance on cloud processing in general. Hopefully lessons were learned here.
Anyone can easily fall victim to a rogue antispyware application. There’s simply no telling these days as the sheer amount of sophistication and design that goes into the development of these rogues make it hard to distinguish between pernicious applications and genuine security tools. That is certainly the case with PC Security 2011, an obvious duplication of the shamed System Pro 2011 rogueware. It’s clear to see from the company that PC Security 2011 keeps, you would not want this malicious piece of bad software running loose on your system, and should therefore stop PC Security 2011 immediately.
Despite its seemingly genuine looking design, users on the lookout should still be able to identify various points which will lead them to the correct conclusion that PC Security 2011 is indeed rogueware. These include the grammatical and spelling mistakes contained in PC Security 2011’s fake security notifications, and its propensity to assail its victims with spam security messages.
Despite all this evidence, PC Security 2011 displays classic rogueware tendencies in that it enters the system on the back of other software, performs unwarranted security scans and will not ease up until the user pays for its software.
Do not even give this baneful rogue the opportunity to flourish on your PC. Delete PC Security 2011 as soon as it’s detected. Do this by employing the removal power of a genuine security tool which will not only eliminate PC Security 2011, but also offer continued protection against similar future rogues.
See now this is just pure laziness. If you’ve ever looked for an example of how developers of rogue security products look for shortcuts to mass production, look no further than wp.exe. This executable acts as the main executable for a host of rogue products. You can either be impressed, or disgusted by this fact. Either way, you need to eradicate wp.exe off your system completely.
How pw.exe works is it can take various forms in terms of rogue applications, but each of those rogues are the very same product, with the same nasty nature. What further confuses users dealing with a pw.exe rogue is that it has the ability to adapt to its surroundings where operating systems are concerned. Some of the rogues associated with pw.exe are XP Antispyware, XP Antimalware and XP Guard. If the operating system is Windows Vista, the names will simply change to Vista Antispyware, Vista Antimalware and Vista Guard. This is exactly the same for Win 7.
It is for this reason, among others, that pw.exe remains largely unidentified and unassociated with these various rogues. Do not mistake pw.exe’s intention. It was developed by criminal rogueware developers with the express intent of fleecing consumers out of their hard earned money. It makes use of the same extortionary measures of traditional rogueware, such as fake scanners and bogus security notifications.
Do not believe any correspondence received from pw.exe or its affiliated rogues, and kill wp.exe in your Task Manager before attempting removal. One thing is for sure though; you need to get rid of pw.exe in order to secure the safety and privacy of your system.
Look I honestly don’t know why we keep going back to FACEBOOK when it’s been so preeminently reported in the past that they just don’t care about their users’ privacy, or general feelings. Take the past makeover of Facebook. There were hundreds of groups with tens of thousands of members pleading for the Old Facebook to return, which received nothing but a rude, deaf ear from our Facebook peeps.
Now it seems there is another scandal which has hit this Facebook as millions of users’ personal info is being shared without the knowledge or consent of its users. The personal names of users, as well as their online Facebook friends are believed to have been passed on to Internet advertising firms, even those of users who have set their info to the strictest privacy settings.
This is simply typical of Facebook. You will not ever hear that Facebook actually received money for this info, but from where I sit it’s utterly clear that they did. Facebook wouldn’t simply offer this info to any firm as a belated Christmas present, would they?
Now the same argument still stands that if you do not want your info shared and traded as in this way, simply remain off Facebook, right? Well I believe Facebook should explicitly tell you that your private information will be shared, or stands a chance of being shared. And I do not mean in their surreptitious Terms and Conditions. I mean, make it clear to the users of Facebook, so that we at least know our details stand a very good chance of being sold to corporate America!
Where is Social Media taking us? This is the question I’ve been walking around in my mind for a while now. When you think of it, 10 years ago (yes, 2000 is so long ago!) There was no such things as FACEBOOK or TWITTER. Nearly impossible to imagine isn’t it?
Many people, myself included, wishes they had had FACEBOOK in when they we were in school. It would have made for so much more interesting dramas and friendships one might think, and perhaps if the bullies in school could have read the status updates of their victims they might have been more sympathetic to their plight and everyone would have been happier.
But then, before we look to where this social media is taking us, let’s look where it has taken us thus far. More and more youth (40% of US children) is reported to have suffered from cyber bullying. A new disturbing trend in the US has shown an increase in suicides from teens claiming to have been on the receiving end of cyber bullying, mostly through social media. These disturbing figures shows us the dark side of social media.
How do you handle the dark side of it? Do you censor it? Do you censor computer and mobile use? What can of worms regarding freedom of speech would that open? Wouldn’t it defeat the true purpose of social media then? The truth is, social media does have a dark side, and if we don’t pay heed to that, and acknowledge the fact then more and more kids will simply fall victim to it.
Despite the best intentions of keeping your PC healthy and safely protected against all the unmentionable threats, it is inevitable that sometimes one persistent rogue will break its way through all your defenses. Once such rogue which is making headways throughout the PC security industry is Smart Engine, which is a clone of the My Security Shield.
Smart Engine is recognized by its propensity to block legitimate PC programs from executing, and blocking Internet connections. This is the usual blackmail tactics you expect from a vicious rogueware, yet what separates Smart Engine from all the other usual suspects is the intensity it goes about chasing its aims. Out only to make a successful sale of its software, Smart Engine will harm and expose PCs to other serious infections in the process.
While Smart Engine is running, various fake security messages will display warnings of bogus infections which do not even exist. Some of these messages will include the following body of text:
“System Alert
malicious applications, which may contain Trojans, were found on your computer and are to be removed immediately. Click here to remove these potentially harmful items using Smart Engine.”
“System Alert
Firewall has blocked a program from accessing the Internet.
Internet Explorer
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe
Lsas.Trojan-Spy.DOS.Keycopy is suspected to have infected your PC. This type of virus intercepts entered data and transmits it to a remote server. Data interception was detected while visiting a website.”
“Warning
Warning! Virus detected
Threat Detected: Trojan-PSW.Win32.Delf.d”
Smart Engine offers No protection capabilities and cannot remove any infections or viruses. It is simply a scam designed to hold computers ransom until panicked consumers decide to pay for its bogus software.
Smart Engine will also quite literally go out of its way to hold the PC hostage until the user buys its ‘full version’. Obviously the only way to get rid of Smart Engine is by removing it with properly updated security applications.
If you have had the unfortunate luck of coming across Advanced Security Tool 2010 and fell susceptible to its allure, your PC is definitely at risk. You will need to uninstall and remove every component of Advanced Security Tool 2010 to remove the threat it poses to your system and security. Read on to understand why it’s so important to get rid of this malware.
Advanced Security Tool 2010 poses as Antispyware software which will inform you of numerous fictitious infections found on your PC. These alleged infections do not even exist, and Advanced Security Tool 2010’s main purpose is 
trying to convince you that it does. Their aim is to get you, the consumer, to purchase their full version software which claims to get rid of these infections on your PC.
Advanced Security Tool 2010 is not an Antispyware application, it is malware itself. If you have Advanced Security Tool 2010 installed on your PC, your system is vulnerable to many threats and infections and should be deleted as soon as possible. … continue reading this entry.
How can one undo all the havoc caused by all these rogue antispyware application? Well – as with all things in life: 
knowledge is power – therefore it is best advised to read up on the latest parasites, and accordingly take steps to prevent infiltration from these nefarious programs.
Security Suite is a rogue anti-spyware program that tends to make use of false spyware results to lure you, the unsuspecting system user, into purchasing its full version. Vundo has been the Trojan of choice used by many a hacker, to infect users with pop up messages, disguised as system notifications – all of which are tactics aimed at leading users to the websites affiliated with rogue anti-spyware programs. … continue reading this entry.
What will we do if all computer security turned out to be like the likes of the latest scam: Wireshark Antivirus
? If all the security tools advertised online were just a ploy to siphon money out of hard working individuals – then we would be at a loss.
However, thank goodness – it is not yet like that – but we should still be aware of the rogue applications, nonetheless – as they are increasingly becoming advanced and difficult to eradicate. But knowledge is power, so read on for advice on how to deal with this dubious application…
This particular rogue application, Wireshark Antivirus, is the latest rogue anti-spyware application, which was designed to dupe unsuspecting PC users purchasing the full version of this nefarious application, and so doing part with their hard earned money!
Unlike its name suggests, Wireshark Antivirus will only secure the aims of its designers – and will do what it takes to ensure its sole aim of gaining money from users unaware of the plot to scam and compromise the integrity of their computer system, is successfully carried out.
Wireshark Antivirus, also known as WiresharkAntivirus, is considered highly dangerous to any system it has infiltrated, and experts suggest the immediate purging of its components from any system it has embedded itself within.
