The Computer Doctor of Richmond

This is a red alert:  We here at The Computer Doctor of Richmond have been seeing a large outbreak of numerous fony antivirus and antispyware programs that are actually the virus/spyware/trojan etc….   Some of these include Windefender 2008, Antispyware XP 2008, Pro Antivirus 2009, Spy protector, Security 2009, PC defender 2008, and on and on and on.  If it looks semi legit, yet you don’t remember installing it on your computer, it is likely fake.

In many cases it will pop up not long after booting to your desktop and you’ll be prompted that there are 1-bazillion threats, pay $50 for a registered software that can remove these threats.  DO NOT DO IT!!! Not only will it not remove the real threat, you will have just wasted money and put yourself at risk for possible identity theft and or credit card fraud.  We had one customer who did pay for one of the products above, and she believes that is how her credit card number was stolen.

These fake security programs do a good job of looking legit, but are actually a threat to your security themself.  In many cases they are not only spyware, they are a trojan and open the door to many other rouge programs.  Unfortunately many of the legit antivirus programs like norton don’t do a very good job of removing them.  They may be able to remove portions of the threat, but often leave behind corruptions in your opperating system.

If you experiance any of these, we can help.  We have a perfect record of removing these threats at our crazy low prices!

Below are a couple of screen shots of what some of them look like: