Please Read And Stay Away From These Rogue Antivirus Products

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The best way to avoid most of these is to use Firefox with Ad Blocker Plus.

 

 http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Rogue-anti-virus-products--/features/112231

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Add on No Script which I have and it blocks SpyProtector very easily.

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The best way to avoid most of these is to use Firefox with Ad Blocker Plus.

 

 http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Rogue-anti-virus-products--/features/112231

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It adds to much to load time.

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Only if you have a crappy connection. I am on a 6meg dsl connection and with No Script installed I do not get any slow downs.

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I've just submitted a new one manually. Flagged the download url too.

 

Snapshots from Sunbelt blog:

 

 

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You triggered my interest in the TechNet Microsoft® Malware Protection Center site and led me to find from their Home Page this good exposé on the Antivirus scams

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So am I. I am talking about launching Firefox

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reported attack site by firefox. …

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And what happened TomiRed; another FNeg. from Norton?

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What report? Link?

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Dieselman743 wrote:
What report? Link?

Check TomiRed's screenies. 

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I  did look at them and I see IE7 not Firefox.

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I submitted the installer through my Norton Internet Security - by way of manual quarantine & submission. Last time it took Security Response less than 48 hours to add the detection (reference Dehender.Av thread). I hope they'll be as good this time.

 

The screenshots are not mine - they are from Sunbelt Software blog.

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The definition for Antivirus360 has be added to SuperAntispyware

 

"Rogue.AntiVirus360"

 

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