Posts Tagged ‘Spyware’

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Nov20

Extortion-Ware “XP Antispyware 2009” Virus’s for Sale

by Cory Curtis on November 20th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Posted In: Techno Noogies, OS, Techno Noogies, Software, Scumware, Techno Noogies

We used to get computer viruses for free. Now we have to pay for them. Virus and spyware removal tools abound in the market now and a large portion of them not only don’t remove anything, they are the virus. The most recent one I’ve encountered is one calling itself “XP Antispyware 2009″. I’ve seen […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Nov22

New variation of “Antivirus 8″: How to launch your removal programs

by Cory Curtis on November 22nd, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Posted In: Techno Noogies, Software, Scumware

There is a new variation of Antivirus 8 that circumvents the running of any malware removal programs. You used to be able to rename the program you wanted to run as “iexplorer.exe” and run it but the twerps changed that. If you want to run Malwarebytes for example, launch the program from your normal icon […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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