Through our extensive research we have noticed that many of the recent rogue anti-spyware programs that are using the term “Antivirus” in the name are related to one another. Lately the creators of fake anti-spyware programs are throwing around the “Antivirus” name like pigskin in a football game.

The nature of rogue anti-spyware programs is to disguise or mask itself as being a legitimate anti-spyware tool. What if they used a common term in it’s name, wouldn’t it get more exposure and have a greater chance on ripping off more computer users. Yes, and this is exactly what is happening when it comes so rogue anti-spyware programs having a name using “Antivirus”.

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Have you been infected with a particular spyware parasite recently? Are you currently struggling to remove a nasty rogue anti-spyware program from your computer again? Do you really hate a specific rogue anti-spyware program over any other type of infections that you may have had in the past?

Here are some personal favorites that we all LOVE to hate in this blog:

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SystemDefender is an older rogue anti-spyware application installed by a malicious Trojan that we discovered to perform rather malicious activities during the installation of SystemDefender. Once the installation of SystemDefender starts it creates hidden files which are executed to perform malicious activities in the background. The activities range from not allowing you to open legitimate programs to disabling your task manager. The Trojan that installs SystemDefender has yet to be specifically identified but we do know that is performs among some of the worst activities that a computer infection can perform.

The following symptoms occurred upon SystemDefender installation…

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Do you have black bugs crawling on your Windows desktop?

If you have bugs that are crawling on your screen manipulating the Windows desktop such as shown in the image above, then you may have a serious infection. Some screen saver programs are programmed to behave in a manor where it displays bugs crawling on your desktop. In the case that you do not have a screen saver installed that displays such images then this may be a clear sign that you have a dangerous spyware parasite running on your system.

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Many websites that secretly download malicious software onto computers on the internet are increasing at an alarming rate. About 18 percent of security breaches online are from malicious software and hackers. Attacks made by malicious software and hackers have increased 300 percent in the number and proportion of Trojan downloaders according to a report by Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center.

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A discovery that we made when we were infected with the MalwareBell or Malware Bell rogue anti-spyware program was that Malware Bell classified PCTools as malware. As shown in the image below, Malware Bell classified PCTools as being a variant of the Trojan.Win32.SystemCrash infection. Not only did Malware Bell insinuate that it was an actual Trojan infection but it has the word “adware” in parenthesis next to the Trojan name.

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MonaRonaDona sounds like some type of painting such as the Mona Lisa but is far from being a masterpiece when you computer has downloaded MonaRonaDona. MonaRonaDona has recently stirred up an uproar on the internet during the past couple of weeks after it was discovered as TROJ_MONAGRAY.A, which is a trojan infection.

MonaRonaDona is one of the latest dirty parasites to hit the internet causing havoc on user’s computers. Certain unconfirmed reports online have stated that MonaRonaDona may come from a possible malicious program called Registry Clean Fix. MonaRonaDona may also be a creation from another program called Unigray which is supposed to be a virus detection and removal tool. It was discovered that Unigray is not a legitimate virus tool but part of a Trojan infection. Both of the mentioned programs are all part of painting the full MonaRonaDona picture which is a ploy to infect your computer.

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