False Positive: Ikarus and Comodo detecting TDSSKiller as a Trojan horse

This awkward moment when you realize that your favorite rootkit removal utility is detected as malware. I probably wouldn't even have noticed, but I got an email from my reader Matt who apparently has been been having some problems with malicious software lately. He said, that TDSSKiller (the tool I like a lot and usually recommend to my readers) is actually a Trojan horse. Obviously, this can't be true, so I though maybe he downloaded an infected...

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Remove Price Peep (Uninstall Guide)

Price Peep is a web browser add-on which injects ads into the web pages you visit. Sometimes ads are highly targeted and sometimes they are rather random. It shouldn't be hard to guess that they collect and analyze information about your browsing activity. For example, if you recently searched for laptops, it's very possible that you will see burning laptop deal ads from various online stores, including Amazon and many other well known companies....

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Remove Solid Savings (Uninstall Guide)

You know how annoying it is when you're used to using Google Chrome as your chosen browser, you're happy with your choice of home page when you log on to your PC or laptop and you're more than happy with the way your toolbar functions and then suddenly – boom – seemingly out of nowhere you have a whole host of new Solid Savings pop-ups and ads littering up your screen? Unless you're one of the (very) lucky ones it's probably happened to you at some...

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Identity Theft Protection – How to Stop Your Life Being Hacked

As anyone who is unfortunate enough to have been a victim of identity theft can tell you, it is one of the most upsetting and extremely annoying non-violent crimes to deal with. Both the invasion of personal privacy, the feeling of ‘why me?!’ and the aftermath of having to sort out and untangle the ensuing mess can be horrific. Unfortunately, too, identity theft is becoming increasingly common and shows no signs of abating, with experts saying that the crime increased in both 2011 and 2012. In fact it is estimated that 5% of all adult US citizens...

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Remove PC Fix Speed and 24x7 Help (Uninstall Guide)

PC Fix Speed is a system optimizer, mainly Windows registry fixer/cleaner. The only reason I'm writing about it is because I recently got lots of questions from my readers asking if PC Fix Speed is a virus or not? The short answer is: No. But is it truly legit and useful? Security experts and technology experts in general have differing opinions on the value of registry cleaners and system optimization applications. Honestly, I'm not a fan of registry...

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This website has been blocked for you! removal instructions

This website has been blocked for you! - if your web browser is driving your crazy with this fake warning then your computer is certainly infected with a Windows Hosts file hijacker. After installing a few Trojan horses on my test machine I noticed this fake notification of possible spam bot activity. So, at least in my case, this infections was dropped by a Trojan horse. However, it could be that you got infected in completely different, though,...

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Remove Why do I see this page? virus - Attention Required survey scam

Why do I see this page? - Attention Required warning is a clear indicator that your computer is infected with malware which hijacks Windows Hosts file. Most of the time, this virus modifies Hosts files and denies or restricts access to the following websites:FacebookeBayMySpaceTumblrTwitterGoogleYoutubeIMDBand many other sitesThe fake waning says:We have noticed some unusual activity from you recently To get Access to all of these pages again please...

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AVASoft Professional Antivirus Firewall Alert removal guide

AVASoft Professional Antivirus Firewall Alert has blocked a program from accessing the internet – this and many other fake security alerts will be displayed on your computer if you install a rogue antivirus application called AVASoft Professional Antivirus. It's a fairly new scam to be aware of but it isn't entirely new from a technical point of view. All the rogue applications from this malware family were using the same "Firewall Alert" notification...

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Remove Ukash virus

It's pretty scary when your computer displays fake Metropolitan Police or Police Central e-crime Unit warnings instead of your favorite desktop theme. These scams are still heavily distributed via infected websites and spam. There are even more ransowmare scams and they all have one thing in common - Ukash. Don't get me wrong, Ukash is a legit company, it's just that scammers use this service to withdraw money. Ukash logo appears on pretty much every...

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