System Check Rogue of the FakeSysDef Family

System Check, is a rogue of the FakeSysDef Family which uses fake scareware of having hard drive and system errors to scare those infected to purchase the rogue. The FakeSysDef rogues also includes an MBR (Master Boot Record) Rootkit like TDSS, TDL#, or Sinowal used for profiting from search engine results hijackings even after the user purchases the …

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Antivirii 2011

Antivirii 2011 rogue is one that doesn’t point to any of the known families of rogues, however, this rogue like others uses fake alerts with fake scan results to scare the user into buying the rogue. This one didn’t block the running of other applications and has only two files it drops to the Windows folder, …

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Cloud AV 2012 rogue of the FakeScanti Family

Cloud AV 2012 is a rogue of the FakeScanti Family, that uses deceptive tactics, fake spam email alerts, and results of fake scans showing the computer being infected, and also the blocking of all applications when trying to run them to scare the user into buying the rogue to clean the fake infections shown. Files …

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AV Protection 2011 Rogue of the FakeScanti Family

AV Protection 2011 is a rogue of the FakeScanti Family, that uses deceptive tactics, fake spam email alerts, and results of fake scans showing the computer being infected, and also the blocking of all applications when trying to run them to scare the user into buying the rogue to clean the fake infections shown. Files …

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System Fix Rogue of the FakesysDef Family

System Fix, a rogue of the FakeSysDef Family which uses fake scareware of having hard drive and system errors to scare those infected to buy the rogue. The FakeSysDef rogues also includes an MBR (Master Boot Record) Rootkit like TDSS, TDL#, or Sinowal used for profiting from search engine results hijackings even after the user purchases the rogue.   Files and Locations: …

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AV Security 2012 Rogue of the FakeScanti Family

AV Security 2012 is a rogue of the FakeScanti Family, that uses scare tactics with fake scans results, fake Blue Screens with a fake windows restarting screen, along with the blocking of all applications when trying to run them to goad the user into buying the rogue to clean the fake infections shown. This new …

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Privacy Protection Rogue of the Malware Protection Family

Privacy Protection is a rogue that is part of the Malware Protection family of rogues that uses fake alert and fake scan results as scare tactics to get the user to purchase the rogue. Files and Locations: %COMMON_APPDATA%\privacy.exe When the rogue runs, it blocks the running of all other applications, except when in Safe  Mode, one …

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System Security 2011 Rogue of the FakeScanti family

System Security 2011 is a rogue of the FakeScanti Family, that uses scare  tactics, fake scan results showing the computer is infected, and the blocking of all applications when trying to run them to scare the user into buying the rogue to clean the fake infections shown. Files and Locations: %SYSTEM%\<Random Named File>.exe %AppData%\svhostu.exe The …

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AV Protection Online Rogue of the FakeScanti Family

AV Protection Online is a rogue of the FakeScanti Family, that uses deceptive tactics, results of fake scans showing the computer being infected, along with the blocking of all applications when trying to run them to goad the user into buying the rogue to clean the fake infections shown. Files and Locations: %SYSTEM%\<Random Named File>.exe …

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Open Cloud AV Rogue of the FakeScanti Family

Open Cloud AV is a rogue of the FakeScanti Family, that uses scareware tactics, fake scan results of the computer being infected, and the blocking of other applications when trying to run them to goad the user into buying the rogue to clean the fake infections shown. Files and Locations: %SYSTEM%\<Random Named File>.exe %AppData%\svhostu.exe The …

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