SecureKeeper is a rogue antivirus application in the Wini family (with their recent new look user interface.) The Wini family is a very long running line of rogue security applications that have been producing two to three different rogues each week. Of course, the primary changes are the names, but the way of operating is about the same. These will be pushed on users through supposed flash player or video codec downloads. Then will claim that the system is infected with many viruses and that the only thing you need to do to remove the viruses is to purchase their software. Please don’t purchase securekeeper and finance this scam. Read on for how to remove SecureKeeper.
Tag: malware removal
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How to Remove SiteVillain | SiteVillain Removal Guide
SiteVillain is another new rogue security or rogue antivirus program from the Wini family. Like a couple other of the recent rogue applications from the wini group, this one sports their new user interface. Among it’s claims of infected files and that the only way to fix them are to pay for Sitevillain, it will also try to disable your other security software, disable access to the registry editor, turn off system restore and other things which make removal a bit more challenging. Read on for how to remove sitevillain.
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How to Remove Personal Protector | Personal Protector Removal Guide
Personal Protector is a rogue antivirus program that is advertised through aggressive advertising and fake scan sites. Fake scan sites are web pages that upon loading appear to be running a virus scan or other check of your local computer. In reality these are usually simply an animation and every visitor to the site will see the same results. When installed on your system, Personal Protector will appear to scan your hard drive and claim to find many problems, virus infected files and the like. In order to fix those problems it claims you will need to buy the software. This is a scam as there really isn’t anything wrong with your computer other than personal protector. Read on for how to remove personal Protector.
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How to Remove LinkSafeness | LinkSafeness Removal Guide
LinkSafeness is a rogue security application that sports the new design that the Wini family of Rogue Antivirus has been using. It is usually installed through sites that claim you need a video codec or flash player update in order to view a video clip. Once established on your system it will proceed to create lots of files in the C;\windows\system32 folder and then on further scans claim that all of these files are infected with a virus. Of course, there is a catch it can’t clean the files out unless you pay for the software. Please don’t pay for this scam. Instead read on for how to remove LinkSafeness.
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How to Remove Antivirus System Pro | Antivirus System Pro Removal Guide
Last week I had the opportunity to remove Antivirus System Pro from not one, but two machines. Given that I was seeing it a bit more frequently I thought it might be a new rogue antivirus application, but I quickly found out that it’s been out at least since June of this year. I took notes on my removal so that I could document it here. Just as with most other rogue antivirus applications Antivirus System Pro is a rogue that claims that many things on your computer are infected with viruses (toolbars attached to the browser, most any application you attempt to launch.) It also repeatedly claims that your system is under attack. While web browsing, search result pages are hijacked to redirect to pages of their own choosing and there are occasional porn site popups. (adult.com was one – I suspect the writer has a bit of an affiliate relationship with them?) Read on for how to remove antivirus system pro.
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How to Remove Enterprise Suite | Enterprise Suite Removal Guide
Enterprise Suite is a rogue antivirus application that is a successor to Windows Enterprise Suite. Enterprise Suite is usually installed without permission on a machine and displays numerous fake scans and popups claiming that the system is infected with multiple viruses. All of these claims are falsified and should not be paid attention to. Further, they will claim that in order to fix the problems with your computer you need to purchase their software. Please do not pay for this, it is a scam. Read on for how to remove Enterprise Suite.
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How to Remove System Defender | System Defender Removal Guide
System Defender is a rogue antivirus application that pushes itself to users through the use of scary popups and attack sites. The software, once it is installed will create numerous files and then claim that they are infected with viruses and they need to be cleaned. Of course, they cannot clean them up if you don’t pay for the software. When the software is running it will also bombard users with popups pushing them to purchase and a falsified Windows Security Center claiming that you need to activate System Defender. You are best off not financing these rogues. Read on for how to remove system defender:
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How to Remove SystemVeteran | Removal Guide
SystemVeteran is (yet another) variation from the wini family of rogue antivirus applications. Their last one prior to this was BlockProtector (BlockProtector Removal Guide) but it is a VERY long lived family and they are churning out one variation every two to three days. Most of these have the same look and feel and only differ in the name as well as the file names. They are all a pain in the neck for those that are stuck with them as they all popup warnings about threats detected on your computer that only they can solve if only you would purchase their software. Of course, then they really don’t do much because there weren’t these threats to begin with. Read on to find out how to remove SystemVeteran:
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How to Remove MaCatte Antivirus 2009 | Removal Guide
MaCatte Antivirus 2009 is a rogue antivirus application that hopes you will mistake it for the popular McAfee antivirus. Their look and feel is very similar to that of McAfee, but as most rogue antivirus applications it is a program that will give you little more than falsified warnings about non existent threats to your computer and then claim to not be able to fix any of the problems unless you purchase. Of course, it really doesn’t do anything because all of the things that it has warned about are made up phantoms. Read on for how to remove MaCatte Antivirus 2009.
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How to Remove BlockProtector | Removal Guide
So… the tail end of last week saw another new variant in the Wini family of rogue antivirus: blockprotector. It’s the successor to….. Blockscanner (blockscanner removal guide) as well as the long list of prior variants that you can find on that page. (Sorry… it’s just getting to be ridiculously too many to list in each post.) The wini family of rogues is running around 2-3 variants a week at this point in time and they mostly look the same with only the name being changed. They are pushed by scare tactics of web pages that appear to be scanning your hard drive (animations) and like most rogues they don’t really do much. Read on for how to remove blockprotector.