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  • Security Tool Virus Removal

    There has been a ton of traffic the last few days of people looking for Security Tool Virus Removal. It seems that this pest is the latest BIG one of the rogue antivirus software crowd. Back at the end of September I posted this Security Tool Virus Removal guide that’s been a heavy traffic page. One thing you should realize is that some of the filenames are randomized and you should use the filenames on the Security Tool Virus Removal guide as an example for the patterns you should look for.

    I hope to be adding a few more removal tutorials a bit later today and tomorrow. I’ve been under the weather the last week or so and behind on just about everything.

  • How to Remove SecurityTool | Security Tool Removal

    Security Tool is the latest rogue antivirus application in the family which includes Total Security 2009 (read my how to remove Total Security 2009 guide if necessary.) It is visually similar and like many of these scareware rogues is very similar in many respects with the exception of the name. This particular rogue installs through web popups and trojans. Web popus will likely appear to be running a security scan of your computer and after the scan it insists you need to download and purchase SecurityTool to fix the problems it finds (how original!) Read on for Security Tool Removal:

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  • Microsoft to bundle anti-spyware with vista

    Well it shouldn’t come as a big surprise, but Microsoft is expected to bundle their anti-spyware product (which will be renamed windows defender) with Vista when the next version of the OS ships. It’s probably not a big surprise given the headaches that people have with spyware and the potential for a subscription update service. For most people this will probably be the only anti-spyware application they have.

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