Diary of an Internet Marketing Junkie

ShieldSafeness is the latest fake antispyware from the crew who gave us SoftStronghold , SoftCop , SoftSoldier , and about 30 others, all exactly the same. This new release continues this malware’s recent trend of increasingly awkward names. Seriously, “ShieldSafeness” is the best they can come up with? Must be getting desperate. Shield Safeness sneaks into your hard drive through fake codec updates and runs every time you start your computer. It uses ShieldSafeness pop-ups with phony syst

screenshot" rel="lightbox" href="http://www.411-spyware.com/images/2009/10/windows-smart-security.gif"> screenshot" /> Windows Smart Security , the shiniest, pinkest malware I’ve ever seen, is fake antispyware dressed in pink and buffed to a glittery sheen. Did I mention this thing is shiny and pink? I can’t seem to focus on anything else right now. It’s just that it’s so shiny. And pink. Color scheme aside, Windows Smart Security is malicious scareware. It enters your computer as a T

“System Alert!” popup is a spoof system alert from scamware AntivirusBEST . This fake “System Alert!” popup reads: “ System Error! Attention, kaka! Some dangerous trojan horses texted in your system. Microsoft Windows XP files corrupted. This may lead to the destruction of important files in C:\WINDOWS. Download protection software now! Click OK to download the antispyware. (Recommended.)” Click “No” until your mouse breaks. If you click “OK,” you’ll be tricked into wasting money on A

“Warning!Trojan Found!” Popup is a false security alert from fake antispyware Ultra Antivir2009. This “Warning!Trojan Found!” Popup reads: “ Warning!Trojan Found! Threat detected: Trojan File name: kernel32.exe Threat name: Trojan-PSW.Win32.Hooker File at risk of infection: C:\Documents and Settings\… Total Vulnerabilities: 2 Description: This is a password-stealing Trojan. When activated, it installs itself to the system, copies itself to the Windows or Windows system directory a