What is rogue antispyware? It’s faux antispyware made to look like the real thing. It often gets into your computer through Trojans and malware. You may be totally unaware this has occurred until you get warning pop-ups that you’ve had an infection. Other times, the user installed it himself thinking it was legitimate antispyware not knowing how to differentiate between rogue antispyware and real, quality security software.
Rogue antispyware is designed, whether it was installed knowingly or unknowingly, to frighten the person into buying the “antispyware” to fix the “threats”.
Not only does the rogue antispyware scam you out of some money it actually harms the performance of your machine. Any of the following effects can be created after rogue antispyware has been installed on your machine:
• Visibly slow PC
• Constant pop up ads
• Internet browser redirecting spontaneously
• Limited to no internet connection
• Endless security warnings which look like actual Windows warnings
Possibly worst of all though, is the threat of losing personal data to the creators of this rogue software. This could be your credit card info, bank info and logins to secure sites you visit.
A new site was built to document all rogue antispyware, it says it provides a complete directory of rogue antispyware: http://rogueantispyware.blogspot.com
Bookmark it and refer back to if for new rogues. Always compare any new security software you are planning to download with this directory list to ensure it is not rogue. You don’t want to end up downloading the enemy!
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