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                <title type="html">Antivirus Pro 2010</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:10Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Antivirus Pro 2010, which may also be know as AntivirusPro2010 does not guard your privacy in any way, shape or form. It does the complete opposite and totally invades your privacy. Antivirus Pro 2010, which... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ Antivirus Pro 2010, which may also be know as AntivirusPro2010 does not guard your privacy in any way, shape or form. It does the complete opposite and totally invades your privacy. Antivirus Pro 2010, which is a remake of an old WinReanimator,  makes use of unfair methodologies in order to obtain your hard earned money. It has a distinct process that it uses in order to achieve its goal. You will receive fake pop ups which come from Trojans as well as fake security notifications. Antivirus Pro 2010 is able to steal your personal information without your knowledge and use it. 

Antivirus Pro 2010 will also try to get you to buy a full version of the product which it claims is for your own good and will clean your system of any infections. This is all one big scam and you shouldn't fall for it. If you are going to spend any money you should buy a decent antispyware removal product that is authentic that both detects and deletes threats automatically. A decent and up to date antispyware removal product will be able to detect that you have Antivirus Pro 2010 on your system and will be able to remove it automatically for you. ]]></content>
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                <title type="html">SecurityTool</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:11Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ SecurityTool is something that you don't want near you or your computer, in any way shape or form. SecurityTool which is also called Security Tool belongs to the malicious family of Total Security 2009, Total... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ SecurityTool is something that you don't want near you or your computer, in any way shape or form. SecurityTool which is also called Security Tool belongs to the malicious family of Total Security 2009, Total Security, TotalSecurity, Total Security 4.52 or TotalSecurity2009. It also makes use of the same tactics in order to fool its users. Its main objective is to make use of various methodologies and scare tactics in order to get people to purchase the "full version”. 

The full version is actually malware which you should stay as far away from as possible. SecurityTool will not only irritate you with vast quantities of popups but it will also slow down the performance of your machine. This is not all that it will do, it will also contribute to your computers internet connection, going strange and slow. SecurityTool is able to redirect your internet browser to take you directly to its own malicious website which is: SecurityTool.com.

You may not even know that SecurityTool is on your machine, before it is too late, as it gets onto your system without your knowledge or consent. Its reason for existing is to try to convince people to buy a full version which promises to get rid of anything bad on their system. The only real bad thing on your system is SecurityTool itself, which should be removed straight away, after detection. ]]></content>
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                <title type="html">Cyber Security</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:12Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Cyber Security is the latest rogue anti-spyware application, which was designed to attempt to dupe unsuspecting PC users into believing their dubious tactics to be true, and ultimately persuade them into... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ Cyber Security is the latest rogue anti-spyware application, which was designed to attempt to dupe unsuspecting PC users into believing their dubious tactics to be true, and ultimately persuade them into purchasing the full version of this nefarious application.

Cyber Security, also known as CyberSecurity, is believed to be a replica of Total Security and System Security.

Cyber Security usually spreads by using browser hijackers to redirect the user to websites hosting fake online system scans and thus tricking him into downloading the program.

 As is typical of rogue anti-spyware software like this, Cyber Security doesn’t deviate much from the typical and most widely practiced tactics of PC parasite infiltration. Cyber Security tends to also make use of affiliated backdoor Trojan infections, usually Trojan Vundo or Zlob, in order to ensure hidden penetration into the targeted machine is successful. 

Once inside the designated system, Cyber Security will obscurely create hundreds of fake malware entities in the infiltrated system. Once this is done, Virus Remover Professional will then “detect” these dummy files and ensure the unsuspecting user, you, think it’s high time you removed all the reported malware. 

Cyber Security’s malicious trialware usually runs each time you log onto Windows and will display its fake system scanner that claims to find a variety of corrupted dangerous files. 

As a well-practiced tactic, Cyber Security will have you believe that in order to protect your Operating System against these “detections”, you will be prompted to install Cyber Security full commercial version which demands payment. 

Cyber Security has the following properties:

- Changes browser settings
- Shows commercial adverts
- Stays resident in background


If you do install Cyber Security licensed software, you will soon realize that it’s not only worthless in terms of malware removal, but it compromises any computer systems’ performance and will eventually slow down the computer considerably. 

One should remove the Cyber Security rogue anti-spyware application as soon as it has been detected.

So, how would you know if your system has been infected with Cyber Security or not?
Well, this is simple enough.

A system that has been infected with Cyber Security may tend to display the following basic symptoms, which a computer user should look out for:

•	Slow computer performance: 
It just takes one parasite like Cyber Security to slow down a computer dramatically. If your PC takes longer than usual to reboot, or if your Internet connection is unusually slow, you may be infected with XP Deluxe Protector.

•	New desktop shortcuts or switched homepage: 
Badware like Cyber Security may change your Internet settings to redirect your homepage to another website. Badware can even add desktop shortcuts to your PC. It is also not uncommon for this type of malware to change legitimate websites, such as www.google.com, and use them to further create the illusion that your system is I danger – by adding aggressive advertising to the homepage you will be directed to.

•	Annoying pop-up messages: 
Badware can bombard your computer with popup ads, even when you’re not online. Through these pop-up messages, you may be tricked into downloading more spyware.

Manual removal is probably your best bet at maintaining the integrity of your computer, but manual removal should only be tried by those individuals that know a bit about registry files, and should be left to the individual who knows how to navigate their way around system files.

All in all though, I would recommend, especially if you are not completely tech savvy, to make use of a reliable and legitimate, fully functional, up-to-date anti-spyware application, to remove Virus Remover Professional and all its components from the infected computer system. ]]></content>
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                <title type="html">Windows System Defender</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:13Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Windows System Defender is yet another rogue antispyware application, which should be eradicated from any system as soon as it has been detected.

Windows System Defender is also referred to as:... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ Windows System Defender is yet another rogue antispyware application, which should be eradicated from any system as soon as it has been detected.

Windows System Defender is also referred to as: WindowsSystemDefender, WindowsSystem Defender, Windows SystemDefender; and hails from the same rogueware family as Windows PC Defender and Windows Protection Suite.

As a rogue antispyware application, Windows System Defender tends to display the following properties:

• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

Windows System Defender has one primary objective: to scare its victims into purchasing its licensed version.

Windows System Defender does not deviate much from the typical and most widely practiced tactics of PC parasite infiltration.

Windows System Defender tends to make use of affiliated backdoor Trojan infections, usually Trojan Vundo or Zlob, in order to ensure hidden penetration into the targeted machine is successful. 

Once inside the designated system, Windows System Defender will obscurely create hundreds of fake malware entities in the infiltrated system. Once this is done, Windows System Defender will then “detect” these dummy files and ensure the unsuspecting user, you, think it’s high time you removed all the reported malware. 

Windows System Defender malicious trialware usually runs each time you log onto Windows and will display its fake system scanner that claims to find a variety of corrupted dangerous files. 

As a well-practiced tactic, Windows System Defender will have you believe that in order to protect your Operating System against these “detections”, you will be prompted to install Windows System Defender’s full commercial version which demands payment. 

If you do install Windows System Defender licensed software, you will soon realize that it’s not only worthless in terms of malware removal, but it compromises any computer systems’ performance and will eventually slow down the computer considerably. 

Windows System Defender could possibly display irritating pop-ups, fake messages and will continuously offer the user to purchase the Windows System Defender application. 

These Trojans that assist Windows System Defender in infiltrating a system can also steal the user’s personal information. 

Do not purchase Windows System Defender as this is a rogue anti-spyware application. Windows System Defender should be deleted immediately from the user’s computer system.

One will need to remove Windows System Defender from the infected computer system, as soon as it has been detected. The thing about Windows System Defender, and many rogue applications, is the fact that it is extremely difficult to delete from an infected system. 

One should make use of a reliable and legitimate, fully functional, up-to-date anti-spyware application, to remove Windows System Defender and all its components from the infected computer system. ]]></content>
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                <title type="html">Windows Enterprise Suite</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:14Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Windows Enterprise Suite or WindowsEnterpriseSuite, WindowsEnterprise Suite, Windows EnterpriseSuite is the latest phony application to be making the rounds these days. Just another rogue anti-spyware program,... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ Windows Enterprise Suite or WindowsEnterpriseSuite, WindowsEnterprise Suite, Windows EnterpriseSuite is the latest phony application to be making the rounds these days. Just another rogue anti-spyware program, Windows Enterprise Suite is considered to be part of the family of rogues consisting of Volcano Security Suite and VolcanoSecuritySuite. Research has proven how each of the above mentioned rogue programs tend to make use of similar misleading methods so as to entice gullible computer users into purchasing the full version of this misleading security tool. 

As soon as Windows Enterprise Suite is installed on a computer system, Windows Enterprise Suite will begin to perform system scans (bearing in mind the scan is just part and parcel of the scam! It is all phony!) - only to receive  bogus scan results – mere tactics employed to further confuse the system user, and gain a mental state of distress – whereupon the dubious solution of purchasing the tool will be suggested to the user, and presto – all the user’s problem only begin there. Unless of course the system user does NOT fall prey to its malignant tactics – and removes the Windows Enterprise Suite program immediately instead! This would be the optimal action to take! ]]></content>
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                <title type="html">Adware.GooochiBiz</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:15Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ is the latest Adware application to be found on many a PC users\' computer system, and trailblazing on the internet these days. 

Adware.GooochiBiz was designed to deliver a variety of advertisements,... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ is the latest Adware application to be found on many a PC users\' computer system, and trailblazing on the internet these days. 

Adware.GooochiBiz was designed to deliver a variety of advertisements, affiliated with the adware, so as to ensure the optimal advertising of the products associated with Adware.GooochiBiz.

Being a form of a malicious infection, Adware.GooochiBiz will only represent a security risk to any computer is has infiltrated.

What will do is load up with Internet Explorer, as a Browser Helper Object (BHO). 

This means that Adware.GooochiBiz is a dynamic link library (DLL) that tends to run as soon as Internet Explorer is started. 

BHO’s are usually installed covertly onto an unsuspecting computer system, so as to ensure the secretive gathering of information from the infected computer to a remote controller.

In lieu of this, Adware.GooochiBiz can further be classified as a potentially unwanted adware program (PUP) that could easily be used to display various pop-up advertisements. 

Adware.GooochiBiz has been found to display the following characteristics:

• Downloads/requests other files from Internet.
• Creates a startup registry entry.
• Registers a 32-bit in-process server DLL.
• Registers a Browser Helper Object (Microsoft\'s Internet Explorer plug-in module).
• Contains characteristics of an identified security risk
• Creation and Registered as a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
• Enabled as an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
• Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
• Created as a process on disk
• Deleted as a process from disk

The following symptoms are affiliated with an Adware infection, which are usually tell-tale signs of an infection:

1. PC is working slowly
2. New desktop shortcuts are displayed on the system
3. Annoying pop-up messages (in some cases) keep appearing on the PC
4. E-mails are being sent from your email address without your consent.

To ensure whether your system has been infected is to perform a full computer system scan with a legitimate anti-spyware application.

The fact that Adware.GooochiBiz can easily enter any PC system via security exploits and flaws, most times without the user’s interaction, means that it is that much easier for Adware.GooochiBiz to enter the system and ensure the system’s security is immensely compromised. 

I would recommend that in order to avoid any unneeded risks of damage to your computer system, it is highly recommended to make use of a reliable and legitimate anti-spyware application, so as to remove Adware.GooochiBiz and all its components from the infected computer system. ]]></content>
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                <title type="html">Trojan.Ifrasif.A</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:16Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Trojan.Ifrasif.A is the latest form of Trojan Downloader infection. Being a malignant Trojan infection, Trojan.Ifrasif.A is capable of downloading and installing renegade applications onto a system without the... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ Trojan.Ifrasif.A is the latest form of Trojan Downloader infection. Being a malignant Trojan infection, Trojan.Ifrasif.A is capable of downloading and installing renegade applications onto a system without the user’s consent or knowledge thereof. 

Trojan.Ifrasif.A is also well known for downloading malware from various sources and allowing remote access to a system were files or personal information may be stolen. 

The state of the system’s personal security is at great risk with Trojan.Ifrasif.A present on your computer. 

Trojan.Ifrasif.A is commonly known to download adware, spyware or other malware from various servers and sources on the internet. 

Important to bear in mind is the fact that Trojan.Ifrasif.A regularly carries out covert downloads onto computers, and along with its predilection to install renegade security programs and other malware, makes Trojan.Ifrasif.A a highly dangerous malware. 

Trojan.Ifrasif.A needs be removed from a system immediately, as it affects the system in such a way that the opening of illicit network connections, the use of polymorphic tactics to self-mutate, the disabling of already installed security software, the modification of system files, and not forgetting the installation of additional malware is not only guaranteed but is in actuality a promise. 

Trojan.Ifrasif.A is regarded as a high security risk to any PC system, therefore one needs to immediately remove it from any computer system, once is had been detected.

Manual detection and removal of Trojan.Ifrasif.A is not recommended, as it could further damage a computer system. 

To avoid any unneeded risks of damage to your computer system, it is highly recommended to make use of a reliable and legitimate anti-spyware application, to remove Trojan.Ifrasif.A and all its components from the infected computer system. ]]></content>
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                <title type="html">Adware.Suggestor.o</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:17Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Adware.Suggestor.o is the latest in dubious programs. Adware.Suggestor.o is an adware application which was designed to deliver a variety of advertisements, affiliated with the adware, so as to ensure the... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ Adware.Suggestor.o is the latest in dubious programs. Adware.Suggestor.o is an adware application which was designed to deliver a variety of advertisements, affiliated with the adware, so as to ensure the optimal advertising of the products associated with Adware.Suggestor.o.

Adware.Suggestor.o tends to come bundled with pop-up advertisements, which is definitely not a wanted feature for any computer user.

Being a form of a malicious Trojan infection, Adware.Suggestor.o will only present a security risk to any computer is has infiltrated.

Adware.Suggestor.o is a potentially unwanted adware program that could be used to display various pop-up advertisements. Adware.Suggestor.o is also used by its creators to collect various information on the users surfing habits, this invading the users’ privacy.

BHO’s are usually installed covertly onto an unsuspecting computer system, so as to ensure the secretive gathering of information from the infected computer to a remote controller.

There are a few ways Adware.Suggestor.o could have entered into a system, namely:
- The user’s operating system and Web browser security setting are too flexible and relaxed
- The user does not follow safe Internet and PC practices.

There are also a few symptoms affiliated with an Adware infection, which are usually tell-tale signs of an infection:

1. PC is working slowly
2. New desktop shortcuts are displayed on the system
3. Annoying pop-up messages (in some cases) keep appearing on the PC
4. E-mails are being sent from your email address without your consent.

The fact that Adware.Suggestor.o can easily enter any PC system via security exploits and flaws, most times without the user’s interaction, means that it is that much easier for Adware.Suggestor.o to enter the system and ensure the system’s security is immensely compromised. 

The best way to ensure whether your system has been infected by Adware.Suggestor.o is to perform a full computer system scan with a legitimate anti-spyware application. ]]></content>
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                <title type="html">Secure Keeper</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:18Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Secure Keeper is the latest in scams! Pretending to be a spyware remover, this application has one primary objective: to scare its victims into purchasing its licensed version. Secure Keeper which may be... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ Secure Keeper is the latest in scams! Pretending to be a spyware remover, this application has one primary objective: to scare its victims into purchasing its licensed version. Secure Keeper which may be called SecureKeeper doesn’t deviate much from the typical and most widely practiced tactics of PC parasite infiltration, because it is an exact clone of AntiAID, SystemVeteran, System Fighter, Block Keeper, Block Watcher. Secure Keeper tends to use affiliated backdoor Trojans, usually Trojan Vundo or Zlob, in order to ensure hidden penetration into the targeted machine is successful. 

Once inside the designated system, Secure Keeper will obscurely creates hundreds of fake malware entities in the infiltrated system. Once this is done, Secure Keeper will then “detect” these dummy files and ensure the unsuspecting user, you, think it’s high time you removed all the reported malware. Don’t fall for this scam! Instead – one is encouraged to delete Secure Keeper as soon as it has been detected within a computer system. ]]></content>
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                <title type="html">Trojan.Hupigon</title>
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               <updated>2009-11-21T02:11:19Z</updated>
			         <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Trojan.Hupigon is a dangerous Trojan that will cause you serious computer problems.Trojan.Hupigon may gain access to your machine, when you least expect it, without your permission of consent.Trojan.Hupigon is... ]]></summary>
			         <content xml:lang="en" type="html"><![CDATA[ Trojan.Hupigon is a dangerous Trojan that will cause you serious computer problems.Trojan.Hupigon may gain access to your machine, when you least expect it, without your permission of consent.Trojan.Hupigon is able to hide itself on your computer in order to avoid detection, which will make it very difficult to detect Trojan.Hupigon as well as remove Trojan.Hupigon.

Trojan.Hupigon may go by the following names:
•	TrojanHupigon
•	Trojan Hupigon

Trojan.Hupigon may display some of the following symptoms:
•	Your desktop settings may change by itself.
•	Your computers performance may slow down dramatically.
•	Files may appear and disappear suddenly.
•	You may be bombarded with annoying popups, that won\'t go away.
•	You may feel like somebody is watching you.
•	Trojan.Hupigon  may redirect your internet browser.
•	Various system changes may take place, with no explanation.
•	Your computer may connect to the internet without you doing anything.

Trojan.Hupigon is actually able to download a vast amount of other files to your computer without your knowledge or consent. This means that Trojan.Hupigon doesn’t always come in isolation as it may come bundled with many other malicious parasites.Trojan.Hupigon may allow your entire computer to become totally open and accessible to malicious online attackers.

The best advice that can be offered is for you remove Trojan.Hupigon immediately. You could make use of the manual removal instructions but you need to be seriously warned that you run the risk of causing even further damage to your computer if you do something incorrectly. It is strongly advised that you rather make use of a decent and up to date antispyware removal tool that is able to both detect as well as automatically delete Trojan.Hupigon for you. ]]></content>
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