New possible rogue – VirusRescue
August 11th, 2006 by AndyAtHullThanks to Nick on discovering a possible new rogue!
He managed to find this by spam, so spam is good for a reason…..well sometimes!
According to his post on his blog. This new rogue has all the hallmarks of being the same as the SpywareQuake, which is similar to other rogues out there!
This is the warning you may receive. And as you can see, SpyHeal is on there. As is AntiVirusGold which are known rogues. And the warning is fake. The warning is just there to lure users in, download their program and pay for the rogue product.
Now with this new rogue, you may get a second rogue warning from SpywareQuake. As this came with the same codec Nick downloaded earlier.
General fix for SmitFraud, SpyAxe, SpywareQuake and other rogues – Click here
**For all you internuts out there. I have changed my wording slightly**
Update – We now have a removal guide: Remove VirusRescue (removal instructions)
Filed under Rogue Programs | 11 Comments »
August 11th, 2006 at 22:23
210,000 Results on google up by 30,000 in 5 hours i think you are right
August 11th, 2006 at 22:44
You are right. Rising and rising. I shall keep an eye on some logs (when in the engines) and make a fix.
August 14th, 2006 at 09:47
VirusRescue is not a Trojan and is not a rogue software. VirusRescue really removes all the infections from your PC and has on of the best scanning & detection engines in industry and is supported by daily database updates. It removes everything including mentioned SpywareQuake. VirusRescue has nothing to do with Spyheal and SpywareQuake. It\\\’s a fact. The problem is that it is really hard to track all adverts and the ways they promote your program. Very often these ways are not honest and this article is a sample of such way of promotion. But a proven fact is – VirusRescue is not a fake – it\\\’s a powerful antivirus solution protecting it\\\’s users from all the possible infections.
Thank you.
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August 14th, 2006 at 20:33
Sorry Virusrescue but i dont Believe you
August 14th, 2006 at 21:22
Well sorry. That doesn’t fill me with confidence:
“It removes everything including mentioned SpywareQuake.”
Like you mention that on your “quick moving” web-site?
August 17th, 2006 at 21:05
To VirusRescue:
VirusRescue qualifies as rogue software based on it’s distribution methods regardless of its ability to clean spyware/viruses. Your program is being *PROMOTED* by malware — the fake codecs that are Zlob variants.
September 21st, 2006 at 04:00
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May 21st, 2007 at 02:40
I got your Spyware.
It Sucks.
I Removed it after 16 Hours Of Programming.
I Hate Spam More Then Anything
May 21st, 2007 at 05:29
Oh and the term is “Ransom-Ware”
Makes you buy things or it will SPAM&Virus you up.
May 21st, 2007 at 16:08
If you need help Razer then log into our forum for free help in removing whatever you are not pleased about.
September 27th, 2008 at 04:37
Picked this up whilst looking around the web. Not sure what website it might have been but I am not happy with the notification that all of my drives C, D, F, G, J and K are infected.
have tried removing the programme but having touble.
read that this programme is a key logger.