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24/7 PC Guard is a new type of fake antisypware program that is a little more difficult to remove than the usual junk like Win 7 Smart Defender Pro and Security Defender. The crooks behind this program are like all the others in that they want free money, but they also seem interested in just wreaking havoc on people's computers. It's not too fun to deal with. 24/7 PC Guard gets around the web … [Read more...]

Everything about the design of Windows Essentials Pro 2013---a new fake antispyware program---is calculated to make people think that it is a legitimate, Microsoft-endorsed security program with useful features. Of course, as you can probably tell, it's nothing of the sort. It's just another phony program made to scam people like you and me out of our hard-earned money. As soon as this program … [Read more...]

System Care Antivirus is part of a never-ending series of fake antispyware programs that all offer slight variations on the hot pink design and the faux-frightening alerts and warnings. You don't have to be a computer genius to see that System Care Antivirus and its brethren are fake, but that doesn't make them any easier to remove. System Care Antivirus gets around the internet through phony … [Read more...]

Anyone who has had to deal with AVASoft Antivirus Professional knows that it is anything but professional. The program is a fake, and it doesn't even do a good job of hiding this fact. From the start, it bombards you with a lot of obnoxious popups that go beyond anything a legitimate program would do, and when it starts asking for your credit card information, any reasonably intelligent person … [Read more...]

If you have Windows and don't run any sort of security program, you're bound to get an infection like Win 7 Smart Defender Pro sooner or later. The people behind fake antispyware like this program have gotten pretty darn good at spreading their products around, and even smart PC users are vulnerable to this junk. So if you have this pest on your computer, don't feel too bad. It … [Read more...]

Vista Smart Defender Pro is part of a large new family of fake antispyware programs designed to scare innocent Windows users into paying for software that doesn't work. If you're seeing lots of popups and alerts on your PC and some of the windows are called Vista Smart Defender Pro, that's a clear sign that your computer has been infected with this junk. Getting rid of Vista Smart Defender Pro … [Read more...]

Disk Antivirus Professional is not really an antivirus program, and it's certainly not professional. At best, it's a well-put-together scam, but even that is questionable because it is essentially a clone of a few dozen identical scams that have come before. These crooks are stuck in the mid-2000s with their tactics, but I guess they wouldn't keep releasing this junk if it didn't bring in a … [Read more...]

The program pictured here is actually not the first fake antispyware called Security Defender---it seems to be a popular name among the people who make this junk---but it is the nastiest one to date. According to the reports, it essentially takes over your entire system, prevents you from using your browser, and attempts to browbeat you into handing over your credit card information. Of course, … [Read more...]

The program that calls itself Smart Security might be smart, but it has nothing to do with security. In fact, despite all appearances, it is a scam program that does nothing but try to scam you while destabilizing your system and making it vulnerable to further infections. In other words, you do not want this junk on your PC. Smart Security displays a lot of popups designed to give the … [Read more...]