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Remove AV Protection Online fake virus assassin
18.10.2011 | Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Description:
AV Protection Online is taking the baton from its predecessor rogue antivirus called AV Guard Online in the really wicked relay race that we wish didn’t exist. But that’s the truth of today’s computer world state. Fake security programs keep appearing, have their effect on innocent PC users, then vanish to just give way to new updated and ‘improved’ versions of the same fraud. If you already have AV Protection Online virus on board, we believe one of the main questions you are trying to get answered is how on earth this parasite got into your computer – you never authorized it to install. This is something the bulk of malware resources are directed to – the intrusion. Hackers consider their job half-done if their malcode is successfully embedded into a host system. It typically happens during one of your Internet sessions when you click through web pages and hit some links there. You never know where a trojan horse is lurking, awaiting to be activated and imperceptibly allowed to enter your machine. Therefore, infiltration of this badware is all about trojans, backdoors, exploits and other potential gateways for basically any such app to step in and deploy its bad game on you. AV Protection Online does the following when inside your PC: followed by Registry modifications and some radical files interference, it forces your OS to trigger the related processes. Then, whether you like it or not, the malignant scenario will get implemented. It lies in showing you how severely infected your computer is and how urgently you need to take action against the growing number of various infections such as spyware, rootkits, keyloggers etc. This being said, it’s extremely important to understand that none of the reported threats are on your workstation for real. AV Protection Online does some good brainwashing job, making you think you got security issues and then advising you get its licensed copy for the presumable pests to get removed. We needn’t say this utility is to be uninstalled instead of being purchased, need we? So do not waste a minute and make this rogueware go away and leave your computer alone.
Strikingsearchsystem.com virus renders computers handicapped
16.10.2011 | Malware Type: Browser Hijackers
Malware Description:
Strikingsearchsystem.com is indeed striking, only in the worst kinda way. This is just one sample of the multiple domains comprising the infamous “cc Search” scam. At first sight, the website itself may appear regular and harmless, which it is in a way. But the bad part is lurking in the paths applied for Internet users to hit it. Ever heard of the Google Redirect Virus? You probably have. Actually, this is just a generic name for the infection as it may affect other search engines. The only common variable here is the ZeroAccess Rootkit malware which is found on all computers exhibiting this paranormal search rerouting activity. Therefore, depending on the campaign a particular virus type is configured to implement, you will be repeatedly visiting Strikingsearchsystem.com and similar named domains without actually planning to. The pattern is pretty simple and predictable. An infected PC experiences search engine usage issues. In other words, when you try to look something up on Google (or other renowned systems of this kind), you get the results after hitting Enter or the corresponding button, which is how it should be. However, what happens next is out of the normal order because whichever link in the SERPs you push, you will be constantly going to the same page that has no relevant association you’re your query. Strikingsearchsystem.com is an example of such page. The idea of this fraud is to attract traffic to pre-defined sites through mapping the search results items with a script getting you there. It’s no big deal converting user hits into cash, which is exactly what the hackers are doing. If you are suffering from noxious browser misbehavior relating to Strikingsearchsystem.com, stick to what we outline below and rid yourself of the bad virus.
Remove Trojan.Agent.ARVP and avoid paying the ransom
14.10.2011 | Malware Type: Trojan Horses
Malware Description:
There is a pretty tangled story about a new cyber blackmail scheme in the wild. It has to do with the Trojan.Agent.ARVP and some strange piece of software called Antivirus XP Hard Disk Repair v9. By the way, before we proceed, it’s worth pointing out that the neither one of them is an existing entity. Intrigued? We bet you are. So, this randomware scheme works as follows. A real infection known as Trojan.MBRlock infiltrates one’s computer. This is a somewhat vague statement of course, since the parasite knows quite a few ways of entering a PC. That may be a blackhat SEO trick or an enticing file you download that turns out to be injected with a badware installer. Now, when this actual trojan finally finds itself inside it triggers certain system modifications leading to a desktop hijack. The malware displays a bulk of text when you turn on your PC. The information supplied there is quite cumbersome, so we will try to render the main point. According to the message, Antivirus XP Hard Disk Repair v9 program has detected Trojan.Agent.ARVP virus which is allegedly meant for erasing data from business competitors’ computers. In other words, the randomware states that one of your rivals might have employed this trick to delete the personal information stored on your machine. We know that’s not true though. Then, the virus tells you that this is a revocable situation, only you will need to buy the license for Antivirus XP Hard Disk Repair v9 and send the mysterious ‘well-wishers’ the HDDKEY via the registration form (this key is provided to you at the end of this desktop message) on Antivirusharddiskrepair.ru website. The scammers promise you to send out the Windows unlock password to the Email you indicated during the license activation. To sum it up, Trojan.Agent.ARVP and Antivirus XP Hard Disk Repair are made-up objects that take direct part in a terrifying scam.
Remove Cloud Protection fake virus detector
10.10.2011 | Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Description:
Cloud Protection turns your computer into a virtual slave obeying anything but your commands. It is a counterfeit anti-spyware tool whose aggression goes complete off-scale. This specimen was trained to use multiple techniques of system infection. It can use the following methods for propagation: blackhat SEO, compromised sites, social engineering tricks and fake software updates. It’s not by chance that all the above enable the virus to bypass your authentication, i.e. install itself through a procedure implying no approval of the user. This gives the rogue a tangible advantage as it may secretly perform the preliminary contamination without being busted by the user at that stage. Having passed this first phase, Cloud Protection starts making you doubt whether you are cyber safe. It displays scanners that report nothing but fictitious threats. Every one of such scans finishes with a results page stating that lots of spyware, worms, keyloggers and other malware items were detected. Would you be surprised to find that out? Of course most would because this badware reports viruses even on a Windows system that was just installed, i.e. a brand-new one that even theoretically didn’t yet have the time to get infected with anything. The conclusion is pretty clear: Cloud Protection invents malicious objects on purpose, so that you become scared about the security prospect of your computer. At the end of the day, the scareware makes a ‘fine gesture’ by pretending to extent a helping hand to you. It tries to assure you that it can cure your supposedly infested PC but first you are going to have to pay for its full version. The previous sentence of this post makes it completely obvious why Cloud Protection is out there and what it actually wants – it’s your money. To spare yourself of this disaster, go through some easy steps outlined below to get rid of Cloud Protection scam.
Remove Guard Online virus to foil hacktivists’ plans
08.10.2011 | Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Description:
Up till now, most of the fake antivirus utilities representing the Rogue.WinAVPro group have been characterized by a universal user interface that could differ in the scareware name only. However, the most recent sample has acquired a completely new guise, looking somewhat unexpected as everything’s in dark hues. Just compare the image of this Guard Online’s GUI (image below) with the snapshots of its forerunners such as Security Guard 2012 or OpenCloud Antivirus. There’s quite a difference, isn’t there? Well, that’s it for the looks and the origin, so we better proceed with our analysis and show you how this virus acts. No one can be ultimately protected against this scam as the hackers keep on inventing new propagation tricks. Actually, it’s a shame those talented individuals choose to be on the dark side instead of enforcing the worldwide effort to fight malignant software. So, Guard Online can infect your system at the most nonpresumable moment, for example when you are navigating through sites that got compromised by criminals, or when you push some ad that seems to offer something helpful (e.g. large discount or some free stuff) but is charged with a backdoor trojan. The infecting proper takes virtually some seconds to take place, and it won’t be something you can spot. Next thing that happens is Guard Online running a scan of your machine, purportedly checking it for bad items such as keyloggers, rootkits, spyware, worms and other potential hazards. And guess what – the rogue does ‘find’ many of those. This is certainly not trustworthy information and all the listed parasites are nothing to worry about because they are not on your workstation in fact. But by reporting these fakes, Guard Online is expecting that some of you start figuring out how to get those off your PCs. If this cruel plan goes as the bad guys anticipate, the victim may fall for the recommendations to register Guard Online commercial version that is promised to sweep away all the threats. That’s too much deceit in one application, so make sure you outwit the cyber crooks by getting rid of their fraudware.
Remove Google Analytics redirect virus instantly
08.10.2011 | Malware Type: Browser Hijackers
Malware Description:
There have been occurrences of some really strange viral activity lately. It affects webmasters using Google Analytics page. The problem consists in repeatedly rerouting traffic from the default GA page at google-analytics.com (or google.com/analytics) due to the pranks of the immensely widespread infection identified by most security software vendors as ZeroAccess rootkit. The contamination mostly takes place during a web session involving visits to Facebook, YouTube or other popular resources. The malware code settles down deep in your system’s memory and prevents AV software from accessing the embedded bad files and Registry keys. The process goes as follows: when the user clicks the link to access Analytics on the corresponding main page, (s)he unknowingly triggers a complex procedure involving browser configuration specificity and/or the HOSTS file. This inevitably leads to a divert making you end up on a web page loaded with advertisements. This malvertising is definitely not something you wanted to participate in. Google-Analytics redirect virus has therefore reached as far as to spoil the user experience of site owners, expanding the scope of its influence from ordinary web-surfers to a whole new ‘audience’. Considering the necessity of eliminating this badware and the aforementioned fact that it employs some rootkit-oriented removal preventive techniques, here is what we advise you do. Restart your computer, then when Windows is beginning to load hold down or keep hitting F8 key to access Safe Mode. Once you boot into this particular Windows mode, come back to this page and download the automatic solution to your system. Then get down to the installation which should go flawless in Safe Mode. This being done, run a full PC scan to find the malicious objects that may be causing your system to undergo Google-Analytics redirect virus’ practices. Pick the removal option and bid your farewell to the bug. Since the procedure might turn out complex, especially considering the peculiarity of this particular malware, you may run into difficulties while performing the above steps. If so, be sure to shoot us a comment and we’ll do our best to help you clean up your computer all the way.
Remove AV Guard Online badware to get out of trouble
05.10.2011 | Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Description:
Let’s uncover the aura of mysteriousness off the AV Guard Online program and provide some tangible facts about it, no matter how sad the truth may sound. This is one of the many fake applications that fast-talk and promise wonders but once it comes to the deal, they turn out to be a complete fail in what had been stated. The most common way of AV Guard Online spreading is social engineering tricks, i.e. hackers’ taking advantage of deceptive methods for making users follow a link loaded with a trojan horse. This trojan further triggers a background process of downloading the whole multitude of files shaping up the rogueware in the long run. What happens to your Operating System after this attack completes? AV Guard Online adjusts your computer to its intensions and plans, creating new Registry entries and files. The role of the latter is dubious as they may either serve as false threats in the future detection reports or cause the direct system impact resulting in undesired computer activity. The outer indication of this virus’ presence consists in deployment of a large-scale false ads campaign. It shows you startup malware scanners that have all the main attributes of such type of positives. They have the scan progress bar and give the user the impression of dynamic badware detection procedure. Scanners by this scareware finish with a report listing some objects that are likely to damage your system unless rendered harmless. We needn’t additionally persuade you these are pseudo issues, need we? According to AV Guard Online’s pop-up messages, it takes activating the licensed version of it to neutralize these parasites. This vicious circle seems to have no exit but that’s just a superficial idea. You can make your way out of the trap by deleting AV Guard Online and restoring your system to the normal state. This is doable with the help of our automated solution. Manual removal is applicable here too but won’t give you a 100 percent confidence that all traces of this virus have vanished. So make your choice, and better do it quick before your computer gets totally haunted by this bug.
Remove Security Guard 2012 malware and undo its damage
04.10.2011 | Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Description:
Any and all possible illusions about Security Guard 2012 being a real security solution will be diluted once you read this post. Unfortunately there are many applications similar to this one out there, and each of them was created to harvest money. This program targets computer systems with a clear purpose to render them paralyzed for subsequently taking advantage of the users. The algorithm of its activity is quite predictable. It spreads via blackhat methods that typically involve social engineering tricks, trojanized downloads and compromised websites. To maintain its undoubted scareware status, Security Guard 2012 displays falsified reports about samples of malware detected on your workstation. To give this process as much persuasiveness as feasible, it imitates real security processes, triggering smart-looking positives and following the basic scanning guidelines, externally. But behind this prettiness on the outside, there is a whole conspiracy against you. Security Guard 2012 doesn’t spot real viruses or spyware. All it does is mimicking the routine of legitimate AV software, without actually going to the depth of the badware exposure process. Consequently, all items presumably found by this terrible utility are just innocent (and useless) files which it had added to your system itself, or they are something that never had anything to do with your PC at all. The ‘con artist’ reputation of the app in question gets the final confirmation when it tells you to buy its fully functional copy so it can supposedly delete the viruses that were previously detected (kinda). An interesting scheme, isn’t it? The program asks you to pay for eliminating inexistent threats – what a triumph of fraud! We can therefore give you just the following advice: do not give in to Security Guard 2012 and be sure to kick it out of your machine.
Now, a few tips regarding removal of this pest. Security Guard 2012 is known to block all executables (i.e. files ending with .exe) you try to launch, including real antivirus tools. So before you actually get down to the regular uninstall activity, you should knock this virus down for a while so it doesn’t prevent you from doing the right thing. You should restart your PC and as soon as the Operating System loads, be fast and open Task Manager by holding down Ctrl+Alt+Del. Do not linger on this one because if Security Guard 2012 gets enough time to be launched, you won’t be able to succeed. Then, hit Task Manager’s ‘Processes’ tab and locate a file consisting of random symbols (like 87654321.exe or similar). Right-click that one and choose ‘End’ option. If all is done right, Security Guard 2012 won’t be running for a while. Be sure to use this ‘quietness’ for eliminating the malware, so visit this page and follow the instructions below.
An alternative variant is to do the following. Once you restart, quickly click ‘Start’ in the bottom left-hand corner of your desktop, choose ‘Run’, then type in the following text: ‘msconfig’ (without quotes) and hit enter. You will see a Windows configuration interface. Pick ‘Startup’ tab and find the odd-looking process like the one we mentioned in the previous paragraph. Remove the check mark next to it. Click ‘Save Changes’ and follow the system prompts. Your computer will automatically restart, after which you should stick to the removal tips on this page (see below). We do hope this helps you cope with Security Guard 2012 menace.
Agent_r.aks trojan removal procedure
04.10.2011 | Malware Type: Trojan Horses
Malware Description:
The multiple bad functions Agent_r.aks trojan performs make us ponder over its severity scale. Anyway, we are more inclined to rate it critical as the potential impact of its prankish deeds on your computer may range from annoyingness to potentially irrecoverable damage. Most users do not even suspect this parasite is on their PCs because its tiny size makes it a really good intruder. Once the pest manages to settle down inside your system, it silently passes through the possible obstacles and even makes it to Windows Registry, adding a new entry to it. Also, the malware creates files under Application Data directory. Also, the trojan is known to have changed Internet connection settings in some cases – not noticeably for the victim of course. Even though the latter activities are not likely to be noticed by you, they lead to some outcomes. Your computer may start flipping out in several ways. The web browser gets hijacked and starts rerouting your sessions to websites you weren’t actually going to visit. In this aspect, Agent_r.aks may serve as a trigger for the noxious Search Redirect Virus, affecting Google, Yahoo and Bing searches you conduct. The parasite does not stop at this point, embedding itself into some other frameworks of your PC’s functioning. It drills a small hole in your OS, ‘inviting’ other corrupt objects inside of it. Thus promoted items may be various: keyloggers that pose a particular risk to your identity; spyware tracking your cyber activity; worms replicating throughout all drives; other devastating trojans and even scareware applications. We have outlined most probable scenarios of Agent_r.aks influence on your machine. This doesn’t mean this pest goes that aggressive on you but some of the described consequences may well be there to suffer from. To guard yourself from all these unwanted phenomena, do follow our advice for complete elimination of this fraud.
Remove Win32/Agent.SDG.Gen trojan to keep your PC from getting unbootable
03.10.2011 | Malware Type: Trojan Horses
Malware Description:
Win32/Agent.SDG.Gen infection has been around for several months now. Right from the start, it makes sense to say this trojan is a severe one and may lead your Operating System to partial or complete disruption. Normally, users learn this threat is on their PCs from a legitimate AV’s alert stating that Win32/Agent.SDG.Gen was found in MBR sector of the 0. physical disk. MBR stands for ‘Master Boot Record’ which is composed of memory sequence located at the primary sector of a hard disk drive (HDD). This type of sector is usually loaded by BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) when your computer is starting up. In other words, MBR is critical for your machine to boot up right. When this memory section gets compromised by Win32/Agent.SDG.Gen, it gets all messed up. The main associated difficulties you may experience are PC starting issues. Consequently, your workstation will gradually start giving you more and more errors and eventually Windows will stop loading. Honestly, we have dealt with only a few trojan horses that impair such tremendous damage to the injected OS. Most of the similar infections tend to run on the background and not allow the user to expose them, harvesting Personally-Identifiable Data or conducting other obscure operations over the targeted system. Some of those help other parasites install themselves on to your machine. But once again, as a rule trojans’ impact is hardly ever as apparent and potentially destructive as that of Win32/Agent.SDG.Gen. Taking all this info into account, you should definitely make the right decision there, which is to get rid of the pest using an automatic removal tool. The solution provided below is capable of tracking down this malady, isolating and terminating its activity. Unfortunately, manual deletion is barely possible in this particular case because the files related to Win32/Agent.SDG.Gen trojan may vary, which is exactly why we list ‘random’ items in the corresponding section. Have a safe and effective PC cleaning!
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