Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Spyware Preventer will hurt you, not help you

Spyware Preventer only poses as a helpful program. In all actuality, Spywarepreventer is a rogue anti-spyware program. These programs pretend to be a malicious software (malware) scanner and remover when it is actually the malware it pretends to get rid of.

Sometimes hidden in video codecs, which is software that allows you to compress or decompress digital video, the spyware preventer will download itself when you download the other product. Then, once downloaded without your knowledge, this will spur the pop up ads that will inform you that you have a security risk and should use their free scanner to check for malware.

Unaware of what has happened, you think about it. The design of Spyware Preventer is persuasive because it looks like a Windows function in its appearance. However, once you allow the program to do the free scan, it will scare you with fabricated results saying that you have multiple infections. Then, spywarepreventer.com will offer you a full version of their product in order to remove these malware programs that they made up. This is just another way they can get some easy money from you. Spyware preventer cannot remove infections that your computer may have, and cannot even do a legitimate scan. It is all for show.

Also, your computer will slow, and you will become overwhelmed by the pop ups for spyware preventer. The worst part about accidentally downloading this malware is that they have the opportunity to send information back to programmers with your personal and confidential information. They are not looking for your family pictures; they can get a hold of your credit card information or anything else that is private and important. This is how they make money off of you, besides their enticing offer of their full version program.

So, your next task is to remove this program from your computer before these scam artists get a hold of any more of your information. This is the hard part, because you cannot simply search for the spyware preventer and hit uninstall. The files are hidden and labeled as similar files that you really do need to keep for your computer to function properly. So, you are going to have to turn to the experts.

That is not so bad though, because don’t you want professionals to ensure you that your computer is not allowing access for scam artists to get your information? This is something you want to be sure of. And, you do not want to just jump online and search for any old company to take care of this for you. You need someone that is confident and has experience with these programs. You want to be sure that you are cutting off the scam artists’ connection to your information.

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