Thursday, December 11, 2008

Windows Blue Screen of Death BSOD

Did you know the most common cause for the windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is a bad memory chip? (RAM). Download free a memory test program such as memtest86 to locate your defective chip and replace it.

Removing BOGUS Antivirus 209

The easiest way is to install an anti-spyware and anti-virus program. There are several free versions you can get at download.com. My personal favorites are spybot search & destroy and AVG Free anti-virus.. Download these programs, update, and run a complete scan. It's pretty easy, unless you have other viruses that can prevent these apps from loading!

Anitvirus 2009

I've come accross this bogus trojan many times in the past few months. It installs itself by deception and is difficult to remove. What this programs does:
Antivirus 2009 is a new rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as Antivirus 2008 and Doctor Antivirus . Antivirus 2009 is installed and advertised through the use of misleading web sites that attempt to make you think your computer is infected with a variety of malware. Once installed, Antivirus 2009 will scan your computer and list a variety of fake infections that can't be removed unless you first purchase the software. These infections are fake, though, and only being shown to scare you into purchasing the software.
When Antivirus 2009 is installed, a Internet Explorer browser helper object is also installed that displays fake messages when using Internet Explorer. These messages range from a line at the top of the browser stating an infection was found to adding a box to the Google homepage stating Google detected that your computer was infected. These tactics are just two more methods where Antivirus 2009 uses false information to scare you into purchasing their software.