Trojan:Win32/Necurs is from the Necurs family of threats. It has many different varients including Trojan:Win32/Necurs.A, Win32/TojanDownloader.Necurs.B (ESET),Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Necurs.va (Kaspersky) . Many anti-virus client will pick this trojan virus up as Necurs. What Necurs Does: Like … [Read more...]
Hotbar Virus Removal
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Hotbar is known under dozens of different names including Adware:Win32/Hotbar. In most cases the adware will have the name hotbar in it. By it's self hotbar is not malisious. It is adware. Once installed on a computer it will monitor the websites you visit and then target you for related ads. … [Read more...]
Sirefef Virus Removal
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Sirefef is a multi family malware threat. This means it has many different parts and strains that do many different things. What most of these family strains do are Downloading and executing of arbitrary files Contacting remote hosts Disabling of security features The most common known … [Read more...]
FBI Greendot MoneyPak Removal
By on November 27, 2012 Leave a Comment
What is FBI Green Dot MoneyPak? FBI Green Dot MoneyPak is a FAKE warning meant to scare people into paying a made up fine. The warnings about downloading copyright material or pornography are not true. It's all a scam meant to scare users into paying a false fine. Similar to other fake antivirus … [Read more...]
Personal Protector 2013 Virus
By on November 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
What is Personal Protector 2013? Personal Protector 2013 is a fake antivirus client. The scan results are not real and the warning messages given off are bogus. This kind of virus is known as malware. The purpose of this fake security program is to scare and trick users into making a purchase of … [Read more...]
FBI Online Agent Virus
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What is FBI Online Agent Virus? The "FBI Online Agent" is a fake message meant to trick people into thinking they have been targeted by the FBI. This is the same threat as FBI Money Pak. Same scam just a different name. All messages and warnings given off from this client are bogus. This scam is … [Read more...]
Microsoft Essential Security Pro 2013
By on October 30, 2012 Leave a Comment
What is Microsoft Essential Security Pro 2013? Microsoft® does have a real antivirus client called Microsoft Security Essentials. However their Antivirus client is free and does not cost any money. This client called "Microsoft Essential Security Pro 2013" is a fake antivirus client that is out … [Read more...]
XP Defender 2013 Removal
By on October 15, 2012 Leave a Comment
What is XP Defender 2013 ? XP Defender 2013 is what's known as a Rougeware infection. It installs and looks like it functions as a real antivirus program, but this is not the case. How Did I get infected with XP Defender 2013 ? Most infections of this nature are installed by Zero-day exploits. … [Read more...]
Porn Comes up on Internet Search
By on October 9, 2012 Leave a Comment
Every time you use a search engine you are seeing porn under the search bar. In almost all cases this points to you having an add-on or tool bar that is showing the porn. This is not a virus but more of adware. The nice thing is this is very easy to fix. You can simply re-set your web browser or … [Read more...]
lol is this your new profile pic?
By on October 9, 2012 Leave a Comment
A New Skype attack has hit the market. Basically you are mesaged from a contact asking you about your new profile pic. They then include a URL. Once clicked the message gets past onto all the members of your contact list and the attack continues on. How to Fix the Issue. 1. Click TOOLS in … [Read more...]
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