The creators of WiniGuard rogue security software have released their first clone of 2010. This new rogue is called PcsProtector.
Is this the last rogue for 2009? The cyber criminals will probably ditch 2009 in their naming after the New Year. AntivirusPC2009 may still trick some people before next year though. The fraud tool downloads files on the system and detects them after a scan has been performed.
AntispywareShieldPro is a rogue application which will give exaggerated threat reports on the compromised computer, then ask the user to purchase a registered version to remove threats that don't exist.
SystemCleanerPRO is a new rogue that was found by Lavasoft Malware Labs today. This fraud tool is a clone of the known rogue AVAntispyware.
APCprotect is a new rogue anti-spyware application and it is the latest clone of the Winiguard family.
A new cloned application from the WiniGuard family of rogues has now been released. This one is called SiteAdware.
SafetyAntispyware is a new rogue anti-spyware application. However, the functionality follows the same pattern as other rogues.
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