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Viruswebprotect.com is a recent browser hijacker that may take over certain functions of your web browser. Viruswebprotect.com sells and promotes rogue anti-spyware programs and you must stay away from this harmful website to prevent damage to your system.

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BitDefender has boosted the functionality of its free Online Scanner adding antispyware technologies, the security vendor announced today. The modifications, which include a redesigned interface are to help usability and increase the level of protection, said BitDefender.

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A new round of the FakeAlert family has been released this past weekend, the same family of rogueware components that Alex Eckelberry of Sunbelt has posted. We are seeing a surge in hits for new components installed as “MultiMedia Software” codecs that result in a barrage of popups identifying “Spyware.

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VIRUSRAY is the latest, meticulously timed generation of a long line of rogue antispyware products. Its sole purpose is to take $30 from each PC user. It all begins with a simply dropped infection which generates a system warning telling the user that their PC is badly infected and urging them to act fast and [...]

SunshineSpy is the next installment in a long line of bogus antispyware applications. It has been around for about a month and is now gathering pace. Products like SunshineSpy have only one purpose, to hoodwink users into paying for a security product they really don’t need. SunshineSpy users will see the regular pattern of a [...]

The latest trend in social engineering actually installs Trojans on a PC instead of eliminating them, McAfee security researchers found.. First there was Fake Steve Jobs. Now there’s a fake Microsoft AntiSpyware Center. In a post on McAfee’s Avert Labs blog, security researcher Rahul Mohandas details the latest trend in social engineering and cynical branding: [...]