The popularity of rogue anti-virus programs, such as Security Tool, or the fake Microsoft Security Essentials clones like Think Point, speaks to the fact that many people are completely oblivious as to how these parasites are to be dealt with. I will therefore try to dispel some misconceptions about these Read more…
Faked MSE popups have confused lots of people since their launch on August. Most of people have heard about Microsoft Security Essentials, and they did not expect that it could be a sign of malware infection. It was clever step to give users a choice of five rogues. However, for Read more…
Google redirect virus is a group of trojans and rootkits that redirect user searches to undesired websites. Such behavior can be noticed during rogue antivirus attacks as well, when search is hijacked and no legitimate malware remover companies are displayed or accessed in results. Thus Google redirects are quite dangerous. Read more…
Be extra careful with opening emails from Linkedin and other popular online services! There are lots of scams floating around that try impersonate these websites. They might want to infect your PC or they might want to get your personal information or credit card details. I have received an email Read more…
I became active on the MyWOT community (again), and this post is inspired by one forum thread there, where financial consultant asks for re-rating of his website. Now the problem with financial advice websites is following: they might result in large losses or gains for a single person. The more Read more…
A new advertisements caught my eye : Moboo.me IQ tests. These advertisements look like this: What is interesting, for 90% or more of people this answer has nothing to do with IQ, but with normal color vision. If you see colors normally, you will not have problems recognizing 74. What Read more…
Security Suite is a misleading rogue antivirus program that uses bunch of trojans to peddle itself. Typical security suite infection starts after visiting pretty harmless-looking sites that hosts Javascript or PDF exploits. Next thing you know, you start seeing lots of popups and alerts claiming about various infections that try Read more…
I own 2-viruses.com, and, partly, I promote the site myself. Thus I am exposed to lots of bullshit advices, misconceptions in security market. And there will be no affiliate links in this post, thank you for your attention. First, stop looking for best security product. The status “best” is temporal Read more…
Antivir Solution Pro is a remake of Antimalware Doctor and Antispyware soft. It is a fake antivirus, sharing the name with legitimate Antivir made by Avira. While Avira’s Antivir is one of the most widely recommended free antiviruses packages, the Antivir Solution Pro is dangerous for the PC. First of Read more…
Most of my income is done in computer security market, and I have follow various tools and events to stay on the top. As with any other market, there are very interesting how the computer security is reflected in social media or how Social media is used in it. Security Read more…