Spyware



October 29, 2007

Asecurityassurancecom

Filed under: Spyware News — Spyware Parasites: Terms and Definitions @ 1:28 pm
Asecurityassurance.com is a dangerous browser hijacker which usually creeps onto the system via a Zlob Trojan. Once executed, it will redirect your home page to www.asecurityassurance.com where it will display a fake warning message claiming that W32.Myzor.fk@yf has hijacked and infected your machine. Then it offers you to purchase one of rogue anti-spyware applications, such as AntiVirGear, VirusProtectPro, AntiSpywareSuite , WinAntiVirus2007 and so on. If you are hijacked by the Asecurityassurance.com it means that you are infected with Zlob Trojan, and this places any financial or banking information stored on your computer in severe jeopardy and represents a serious security risk. To restore the original default homepage, open IE > go to Tools > Internet Options > Type the URL address of your desired website > Click "Use Current" > click "OK". But restoring your hompepage manually does not necessarily mean that you've gotten rid of the spyware infection that brought on the homepage hijacker. Asecurityassurance.com may be a sign that you've been infected with spyware or a trojan. If, when Internet Explorer starts, you see any pop up windows telling you about a rogue anti-spyware program and how to remove spyware, then you're probably infected with a trojan and you will continue to be hijacked by Asecurityassurance.com. Sometimes the hijackers prevent you from changing the homepage, or may allow you to temporarily change the homepage only to have Asecurityassurance.com reappear later. So what do you do? Scan your system with an anti-spyware program and remove the spyware infections detected.

Anydnserrorscom

Filed under: Spyware News — Spyware Parasites: Terms and Definitions @ 11:16 am
Anydnserrors.com is a homepage hijacker which usually gets into the system via a Zlob. Once installed on your computer, Anydnserrors.com will hijack your machine and drop large amounts of spyware application to change other important settings of your PC. If you are infected with Anydnserrors.com hijacker you will receive warning messages in your task bar claiming that you are infected with spyware and offering you to run its special anti-spyware tool. This tool turns out to be the commercial version of AntiVirGear, VirusProtectPro, AntiSpywareSuite , WinAntiVirus2007 and so on. This is the manner how Anydnserrors.com attempts to trick users into purchasing the full versions of rogue anti-spyware applications. To restore the original default homepage, open IE > go to Tools > Internet Options > Type the URL address of your desired website > Click "Use Current" > click "OK". But restoring your hompepage manually does not necessarily mean that you've gotten rid of the spyware infection that brought on the homepage hijacker. Anydnserrors.com may be a sign that you've been infected with spyware or a trojan. If, when Internet Explorer starts, you see any pop up windows telling you about a rogue anti-spyware program and how to remove spyware, then you're probably infected with a trojan and you will continue to be hijacked by Anydnserrors.com. Sometimes the hijackers prevent you from changing the homepage, or may allow you to temporarily change the homepage only to have Anydnserrors.com reappear later. So what do you do? Scan your system with an anti-spyware program and remove the spyware infections detected.

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