Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Care for your PC

Here is a list of softwares/applications/programs/sites that you need to steer clear of. Bottom line: don't download, don't run, don't even click.

ABC Scrabble

AntiVirProtect/AntiSpywareShield

Dollar Revenue

Drive Cleaner 2006

Fake-Mailer

FastMP3Search Plugin

FreeWire

Funcade

Italian Soccer

Jessica Simpson Screensaver

Kazaa

Mediapipe

PerformanceOptimizer

Popcorn.net

Puzzle Desktop

RealPlayer

SpyAxe

Spyware Striker Pro

Uniscope Toolbars (MySpace Guardian/Amber Alert/BizRate)

UnSpyPC

WinAntiSpyware 2006

WinAntiVirus 2006

Winfixer

www.themeXP.org

XP Antivirus 2008 [not a Microsoft application; for removal instructions, visit this link: http://www.windowsvistaplace.com/xp-antivirus-2008-removal-instructions-xp-antivirus-2008/spyware-removal ]



For more info, visit this page: http://www.stopbadware.org/home/alerts

Stopbadware has also archived the following, but it would be wise for you to check if you still have the earlier versions that have been identified to cause varying degrees of havoc on your pc:

Acez Jukebox

AOL 9.0 VR

My SHC Community

PC MightyMax

Starware News Toolbar

Waterfalls 3

Zango Easy Messenger

Zwinky


Happy browsing and surfing, all! :)

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