Thursday, November 20, 2008

Remove Renamehomepage.com Hijacker

Renamehomepage.com is the new homepage hijacker by a very active Zlob trojan. It changes user's homepage to http://renamehomepage.com/security/ which tries to sell fake antispyware programs such as Advanced Antivirus or Ultimate Antivirus.

On its own, Renamehomepage.com is not all that dangerous but the fact that it is installed by a trojan - namely Zlob - makes it a high risk security threat. Zlob Trojan uses many scare tactics to promote several fake antispyware programs such as Antivirus 2009, Advanced Antivirus, Ultimate Antivirus, Windows Antivirus or Spyware Preventer.

Computers infected with Renamehomepage.com exhibit symptoms such as fake 'Security Alert' error messages, W32.Myzor.FK@yf infection warnings and fake 'Security Center' popups such as the following:


Also, user's homepage becomes hijacked to http://renamehomepage.com/security/.

Manual removal of Renamehomepage.com is not recommended since this malware infects several locations on user's computer.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

VirusTrigger rogue anti-spyware

VirusTrigger (or Virus Trigger 2.1) is another rogue anti-spyware program. Usually, it is secretly installed at the user's computer without any consent or knowlege by the Vundo trojan or Zlob trojan. VirusTrigger displays fake system scan results to scare the user into buying of the "full" version of the program.



Alternatively, the user can download and install VirusTrigger from one of the scam sites such as virus-trigger.com or virustrigger2009.com. You should never visit these sites or download any software from there.

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Syshomepage.com hijacker removal

Syshomepage.com is next homepage hijacker by a very active and dangerous Zlob trojan. It redirects user's homepage to http://syshomepage.com/security/ which tries to sell fake antispyware programs. On its own, Syshomepage.com is not all that dangerous, but the fact that it is installed by a trojan - namely Zlob - makes it a high risk security threat. Zlob Trojan uses many scare tactics to promote several fake antispyware programs such as VirusResponse Lab 2009, Advanced Antivirus, Ultimate Antivirus and Windows Antivirus.

Computers infected with Syshomepage.com exhibit symptoms such as 'Security Alert' error messages and W32.Myzor.FK@yf infection warnings such the following:

"Warning! W32.Myzor.FK@yf is a virus that infects files with .exe extensions. It attempts to steal passwords and private information from the infected computer. If you are infected with this hijacker you will receive warnings in your task bar stating that you are infected with spyware and to run its special anti-spyware tool."


User's homepage becomes hijacked to http://syshomepage.com/security/

It is very hard to remove Syshomepage.com infection manually, because the process requires advanced technical skills. Therefore, we recommend to use one of the existing removal tools.

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Friday, November 7, 2008

How to remove Startedwebsite.com hijacker

Startedwebsite.com is next homepage hijacker by a very active and dangerous Zlob trojan. It redirects user's homepage to http://startedwebsite.com/security/ which tries to sell fake antispyware programs. On its own, Startedwebsite.com is not all that dangerous, but the fact that it is installed by a trojan - namely Zlob - makes it a high risk security threat. Zlob Trojan uses many scare tactics to promote several fake antispyware programs such as VirusResponse Lab 2009, Advanced Antivirus, Ultimate Antivirus and Windows Antivirus.

Computers infected with Startedwebsite.com exhibit symptoms such as 'Security Alert' error messages and W32.Myzor.FK@yf infection warnings. All these warnings are fake and produced by the trojan.

User's homepage becomes hijacked to http://startedwebsite.com/security/

It is very hard to remove Startedwebsite.com infection manually, because the process requires advanced technical skills. Therefore, we recommend to use one of the existing removal tools.

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Remove Startpagepreview.com Hijacker

Startpagepreview.com is the new homepage hijacker by a very active Zlob trojan. It changes user's homepage to http://startpagepreview.com/security/ which tries to sell fake antispyware programs. On its own, Startpagepreview.com is not all that dangerous but the fact that it is installed by a trojan - namely Zlob - makes it a high risk security threat. Zlob Trojan uses many scare tactics to promote several fake antispyware programs such as Antivirus 2009, Advanced Antivirus, Ultimate Antivirus, Windows Antivirus or Spyware Preventer.

Computers infected with Startpagepreview.com exhibit symptoms such as 'Security Alert' error messages and W32.Myzor.FK@yf infection warnings:



Also, user's homepage becomes hijacked to http://startpagepreview.com/security/.

Manual removal of Startpagepreview.com is not recommended since this malware infects several locations on user's computer.

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