Security and Privacy

It was brought to my attention by sUBs, a malware researcher who developed Combofix ( a tool to help remove persistant malware threats & rogue scamware from infected computers) that a fake Microsoft malicious software removal tool is spreading
This total piece of scamware is designed to imitate the genuine MMSRT & has the usual fake detections & then entices you buy the latest rogue scamware Shield EC Antivirus which our good friends Sunbelt Software have blogged about.
The last screen clearly shows that they want you to buy this useless scamware

The installer for this piece of malware is detected by several Antiviruses currently as shown on this Virus Total report page

If you are unfortunate to be infected by this piece of scamware, it can be difficult to remove. Don’t fall for all the other scams on the net saying you need to buy other software to remove it. Ask for help on our malware cleaning forum http://thespykiller.co.uk

I was notified of a google advert for a fake wowmatrix site. The original genuine wowmatrix is seen by many games players as not completely within the rules of the games
Wowmatrix is an addon that makes it easier to update and install other tweaks and addons to your game. Obviously using a fake version that downloads false addons & tweaks and installs them leaves you open to a lot of problems.

The advert on google looks like a search listing and it is only apparant that it is a sponsored listing or advert on close inspection

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S!ri is well known in the anti-malware community for his SmitfraudFix program that removes rogue softwares and for his tireless work in tracking down and keeping us all up to date with the ever increasing number of fake AV programs & rogue software

If it wasn’t so serious for the poor infected victim who falls for the scam from a lot of website owners who push certain anti-malware programs ( for high commissions)  that tend not to fix what they say they do , this would be very funny

Read the full story of how S!ri got his own back on them and exposed them for the fraudsters they are

 S!Ri.URZ: Secure Shield fake rogue.