Year: 2009

Scareware Site — Internet Antivirus Pro

Paul

I was checking out the site unmast.info and this came up:

Internet Antivirus Pro

As you can see this try to scare you into doing two things.  It tries to Mimic the look of your hard drive and also tries to get you to download a program.  The Program is called Install.exe.  Downloading this file causes AVG and Windows Defender to Pop up with the Warning:

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As you can see this isn’t a good program to install and if you have then I recommend you doing a full system scan and removing this Trojan which I am sure has also installed other Malware like a botnet or something along that lines. Your Privacy isn’t safe on that computer so you should do these things as soon as possible.

Threat to System : Severe

[rating:5/5]

Advice : Do a Complete system scan and Remove this Trojan and any others that have been installed.

I recommend :

Do a Full System with One of these Free Antivirus Software:

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List of Scareware Sites for Aug 10, 2009

Paul

When I told you on the last post that today would be a more complete list, I guess I was right:

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  • antispywareonlinescanv4.com ([intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware[/intlink])

  • onlinebestscannerv3.com ([intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware[/intlink])

  • get-rid-of-spyware.com(Possible [intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware[/intlink] site but is saying 403)

  • best-antivirus-security.com (Clone of [intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware[/intlink])

  • personalantivirusprotection.com ([intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware[/intlink])

  • virusscanweb.com ([intlink id=”3114″ type=”post”]WinWebsec Scareware site[/intlink])

  • (I will update during the day as needed)

More than like get-rid-of-spyware.com is the domain they are using right now to scare people into buying or install that [intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware[/intlink].   Although this won’t help much with those warnings, in fact they will most like just keep hijacking your browser and send you to these pages.   Most of the time they want you to buy there Antivirus and try to persuade you by showing fraudulent software infections on your screen.  These types of software only make money they do not do anything else but to fool the person.   Then there are some sites that just try to alter the look just a little bit to get under the radar!!  You should never download or install software from these types of sites.   They most likely will have trojans, or create an even more scareware situation on the desktop.

<p style=”text-align: left;”><strong>Threat to System : <span style=”color: #ff0000;”>Moderate</span></strong></p>
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<p style=”text-align: left;”>[rating:4/5]</p>
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<p style=”text-align: left;”><span style=”color: #000000;”><strong>Advice</strong></span> : Do a Complete system scan and make sure you don’t have any more hidden malware.</p>

<strong>I recommend :

Do a Full System with One of these Free Antivirus Software:</strong>

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onlinebestscannerv3.com

Adblock No more!!

Paul

If you are a returning visitor to my site you may notice that Adblock Plus isn’t blocking my advertising.

bypass-adblock

Let me start off saying I use Adblock Plus and enjoy it when it comes to those Annoying Pop ups and Pop unders that happens when you visit sites that aren’t that bright.  Even those annoying ads that come and speak to you saying you have won something.   These types of ads I am so glad to block.

When it comes to my site, I have worked hard on creating this content and it will help me pay for the server and domain name.   I fully understand why people want to block ads but on the flip side I also know about how they can help support a site.

Often times, I turn Adblock Plus off for places like HULU to make sure they stay free.   This is one way I can support having free shows is watching ads because there might be something I could be interested in.   This is how I show respect for advertising publishers.

I know how hard these places have worked to get people to use there service and respect the idea of having the service paying for it through ads.

I have learned how to prevent Adblock Plus from blocking my site and I intent to keep doing it.    As you know these ad blocking programs tend to break the site from showing properly.   This is one reason I decided I should bypass Adblock Plus and I will be doing more later on to tweak it.   I however won’t be doing those annoying ads on my site, that is just tactless, in my eyes.  These ads will not be POP UP or POP UNDERS.  They will not be to flashy and annoying, but they will be there.

I ask if you like a product on my site to buy it to show your support, this will keep the site running.   I hope you understand, and thank you for your patronage.

More Personal Scareware Aug 9, 2009

Paul

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This is going to be a short list but I am certain tomorrow there will be a bigger list:

  • bestpersonalprotectionv7.com ([intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware[/intlink])

  • personalfoldercheck.com ([intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware[/intlink])

The Personal Antivirus Scareware is notorious in URL Hijacking or coming up with warnings that your infected so you would buy there software or install there software.   These sites do nothing more than fraud because you pay for nothing and you install trojans or viruses in the first place.    If you think you have the software installed in your system and would like to get rid of it.   I recommend doing a full system and getting that software off your system.

Threat to System : Moderate

[rating:4/5]

Advice : Do a Complete system scan and make sure you don’t have any more hidden malware.

I recommend :

Do a Full System with One of these Free Antivirus Software:

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Reason why You Should Remove your Default Admin in WordPress

Paul

I was checking my Logs today and I thought some people would like see it:

Fail-loginattempts

I can only guess why people still use there Admin user for WordPress.  As you can see, my log is bigger than this, they tried to log in with the default username.  The Ip of 213.155.4.184  goes to the orginazation of Morpheus, [intlink id=”3743″ type=”post”]is it the same one that came scanning a few months ago[/intlink]?

This is just a quick not that if you haven’t listened to my suggestion of  [intlink id=”4122″ type=”post”]Deleting the Default Username for WordPress[/intlink] this only proves that you should.

You should also consider creating a hard to guess password, and I suggest using [intlink id=”2646″ type=”post”]Roboform[/intlink] to do that.    It is also a great Password manager for those password you could hardly remember.