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Rogue Anti-Virus is Spreading Again!


In the past week alone, I have cleaned more computers infected with fake or “rogue” anti-virus programs, than I have in the first half of 2009.  These programs sneak onto your computer with misinformation and, in some cases, are known to cause havoc.  After the fake anti-virus shows you a list of fake infections, it [...]

Rogue Anti-Virus: UPDATE


This is a quick update to my previous article on fraudulent anti-virus.
If you happened to get infected with one of these programs, I have found a new scanner that will actually get rid of it for you.  Now…  I typically scan with Symantec AV Corp, AdAware, and Spybot…  Although, none of these were able to [...]