Active Broom

The bestsafecomputer.com website may look like a reliable merchant site selling an antivirus called Active Broom 2011.

Update: activebroompro.com is a similarly malicious site that promotes a variant of the rogue software, the Active Broom Pro. According to Best Safe Computer, the Active Broom antivirus which sells starting at 59.95 (for a 1 Year License 1674 rub) can Protect and Secure your Windows OS and even claims that the Active Broom 2011 has a new social networking protection for popular sites like facebook.

To entice potential "customers" the site even has a portion where they posted "testimonies" supposedly by satisfied customers who posted their Active Broom reviews on twitter.

The Active Broom Scam
A quick research, however, will prove that all these claims and testimonies are a hoax. You can't even try what appears to be a free online scanner because the links merely lead you to the buynow page. Active Broom is a rogue antivirus. Its predecessors include the personal shield pro and Active Pro Security.

Most fake antiviruses are characterized by fake alerts and adverts, google redirects/browser hijacking, Do not be deceived by the security warnings and popups generated by the active broom virus.

Active Broom Removal: How to get rid of Active Broom Malware

For information on how to remove activebroom and bestsafecomputer virus, you may want to check this article on fake antivirus removal. This will provide you with a detailed guide on what to do to remove active broom infection.

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How to Send Voice Messages on Facebook

Facebook now gives its users the ability to send out voice messages. The social networking site has updated its mobile apps and now gives users more flexibility in sending out messages. You can now use the Facebook messenger in your mobile device to record voice messages for a friend instead of composing long text messages.

Here's how to use and activate Facebook voice messaging. The instruction below is intended for users of iphone and iOS devices but the same will likely work for android devices:

1. Update your Facebook messenger app.
If you haven't updated your facebook messenger app yet, do it now. The latest update will allow you to send voice messages. The update will also allow you to call your friends right through your Facebook messenger although this feature is yet to be rolled out.



2. Click the compose a message icon--> choose your message's recipient and click the + button. The image and microphone icons show up. Choose record a voice.





3. Your Facebook voice message will be sent right after you release the red button.

Youtube Thank You Survey Scam

Beware of the Youtube thank you survey scam. The thank you survey usually pop outs when you try to open or search for some videos on Youtube and it may appear to a be a survey conducted by the video sharing site itself.

Why It is a Scam

Although the thank you survey may appear to be offered by Google's YouTube  a closeR inspection of the survey's URL shows it is not by youtube of google.

The survey is likely a phishing attempt. The "survey" may also be collecting email and contact information from non suspecting people.  If you have fallen to this scam, you will likely be receiving spammy emails or text messages. There is even a high likelihood that you subscribed to an expensive text messaging subscription. Contact your phone service provider as soon as possible.

FBI Moneypak Virus

The FBI moneypak, also referred to as FBI virus is a ransomware that claims a user's computer is locked up because the FBI has caught it involved in illegal activities such as downloading of copyrighted materials in the internet. The FBI moneypak virus then requires the user to pay for a penalty fine of $100 or $200 with moneypak prepaid cards which can be purchased from Walmart or Walgreens type stores supposedly to unlock the computer system. The ransomware also requires that you pay within 72 hours or face jail time.

The FBI Moneypak ,alware is a scam and is actually a variation of the Citadel Reveton,International Police and United States Cyber Security Department Of Defense virus (US Security Malware). The alerts that you see did not originate from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or other legitimate government agencies. The alerts were distributed by internet scammers for malicious purposes and that is to milk money from unsuspecting computer users especially those who  download or use pirated music and videos from the internet.

Nonetheless, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO YOU regardless if you do not pay for the penalty fine because the alerts such as the ones below did not come from legitimate government agencies:

• You have been violating Copyright and related rights Law (Video, Music,Software) and illegally using or distributing copyrighted content, thus infringing Article I, Section 8, clause 8, also known as the Copyright of the Criminal Code of United States of America.


• Fines may only be paid within 24 hours after the infringement. As soon as 24 hours elapse, the possibility to pay the fine expires, and a criminal case is initiated against you automatically within the next 24 hours!


• To unlock the computer, you must pay the fine through MoneyPak of $200.
  To unlock your computer locked by the United States Cyber Security Moneypak Pay fine Virus and to avoid other legal consequences, you are obligated to pay a release fee of $200. Payable through GreenDot Moneypak via Walmart Card or Kmart Card etc. After successful payment, your computer will automatically unlock.

How to Remove FBI Moneypak Virus 

The easiest way to remove this ransomware from your computer is to use Malwarebytes.

Active Antivirus Removal

If an active antivirus is causing popups in your PC and is preventing you from using your computer and from accessing the internet, it is likely that you are infected with a rogue computer security application. The active antivirus virus may be generating misleading popups and advising you that there are security and malware threats in your PC so you will be made to purchase a fake software. Make sure not to fall to this fake active antivirus scam. Below is a guide on active antivirus removal.

Note: If you are not confident to fix your computer yourself, your best option is to hire a computer repair professional who can do the removal of the rogue security software for you. You may also want to remove the malware yourself by using malware removal programs such as Malwarebytes.

Fake Active Antivirus Removal: How to Remove Active Antivirus from an Infected Computer

* Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.
* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.
* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.

DNS Changer Detection and Removal

Do you fear that you will be cut off from the internet on July 9? This will likely happen if your PC has been hit by the DNS changer malware. You can use the free DNS changer detection tools provided by sites enumerated below to identify your likelihood of losing your internet connection because of the DNS changer virus.

What is the DNS Changer Malware?
The DNS Changer virus alters the DNS settings of infected computers and points them to malicious DNS servers. These servers give fake and malicious answers; alter user searches and promote fake and dangerous products. Users of infected computers are thus served with an "altered version of the Internet".
The DNS changer virus was distributed by cybercrooks who operated as a company called Rove Digital. The rogue company distributed DNS changing viruses also known as TDSS, Alureon, TidServ and TDL4 viruses.


Internet Blackout: No Internet on July?
Users whose computers where compromised by the dnschanger virus will experience internet disruption if they have not cleaned up their computers by July 9. Make sure that you do a DNS changer detection and removal before the July deadline.

How to Detect DNS Changer Malware
How do you know if your computer is infected by the DNS Changer virus? You may want to visit  sites that detect DNS changer malware. Dns-ok.us provides an eye chart which helps you detect DNS Changer malaware infection.

DNS Changer Malware Removal: How to Remove DNS Changer  Virus

One option to fix a computer infected by the dnschanger trojan is to reinstall the operating system. The DNS Changer working group also recommends a list of DNS changer removal tools in their website DCWG.com:

Hitman Pro (32bit and 64bit versions)	http://www.surfright.nl/en/products/
Kaspersky Labs TDSSKiller	http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363
McAfee Stinger	http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx
Microsoft Windows Defender Offline	http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/what-is-windows-defender-offline
Microsoft Safety Scanner	http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
Norton Power Eraser	http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx
Trend Micro Housecall	http://housecall.trendmicro.com
MacScan	http://macscan.securemac.com/
Avira	http://www.avira.com/en/support-for-home-knowledgebase-detail/kbid/1199 Avira’s DNS Repair-Tool

If you doubt your ability to fix your PC, it is recommended to get help from a computer professional.

Smart Tools

If you have been surfing the internet and then noticed one of the sites popping out warnings informing you that your computer is infected with viruses and has several other computer security issues instead of having the content you are expecting to see, you have likely visited a compromised website which now promotes fake security softwares such as the Smart tools.

The Smart tools virus generate legitimate looking warnings and may be marketed as a reliable antivirus that can take care of security problems in your computer. Unfortunately smart tool is a hoax, a fake software. Do not be mislead into purchasing the software.

If you want to protect your computer from viruses and other malwares, purchase from a reliable antivirus software website. There are numerous softwares that are promoted to protect and remove viruses from your PC but many of these are fake softwares. Examples of rogue antiviruses include the security tools and the Smart HDD.

Do not fall to the smart tools scams. Warn your friends about fake softwares by sharing this post.

Fake Google Antivirus

Cybercrooks are again using Google's established and popular name to spread malware. According to the GFI security researchers, popular websites have been compromised to redirect visitors to a page offering a fake Google antivirus. This malicious page claims that the Google system has detected unusual traffic in the user's computer. This is followed by a prompt to download a supposed antivirus to check for viruses and malicious files.

“Google systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer. Please check you PC on viruses. To continue, please download and install our antivirus software. [download button] or our system will block your access to Google services”.

The alert also scares off users by telling them that their access to Google services will be blocked if they fail to install the antivirus.

Make sure that you do not fall to this. Share this post and warn your friends about this fake Google antivirus scam.

Google Pharmacy Spam

Search engine giant Google may have already launched a number of successful products but contrary to what several spam mails claim, the tech giant has NOT YET ventured on a Google pharmacy. Here's a few text from the misleading Google online pharmacy spam that's going around right now:

"We've just launched a pharmaceutical interfaces for Google, as well as several new features that will improve the Google experience for the people buying pills and using pharmaceutical interfaces.

We are really pleased to have worked on a launch that will help people use pharmacy and surgery.

We are currently working to make it available to even more users with more language interfaces.

Visit Google's Accredited Pharmacy"

Things You Should Know
1. There is no such thing as Google pharmacy. It is likely that the cyber crooks who distributed the Google pharmacy spam are exploiting the popularity and name of the brand. The message may provide what is supposed to be a link to the Google pharmacy website but you will either be directed to a malicious page or an online pharmacy site that is NOT owned by Google.

2. Flag the Google pharmacy email as spam. If you have received the message, it is best that you mark the mail as spam as this may help your email service provider filter out messages like this.



3. If you have friends who have received the same google pharmacy spam mail, share this article and tell them Google online pharmacy is a hoax.

Your Video on the TOP of YouTube

Do you post videos on Youtube? For videos that you might have wanted to become viral, you may be looking forward to having your work seen by hundreds or thousands of viewers. Unfortunately, scammers are also spreading misleading messages via email that tell you your video is on top of youtube.

YouTube Service sent you a message: Your video on the TOP of YouTube

Even if the link you are asked to visit appears to be a youtube page where you can view which of your videos is trending, this youtube email is actually a fake. This is not the first time that spammers use the name of the popular video hosting site Youtube. Other variations of youtube spam mail have already been distributed in the past. Examples of the contents or title of these mails are as follow:

YouTube Administration has sent you a message:
Your video has been approved

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNPTQAky&feature=topvideos_entertainment
You can reply to this message by visiting your inbox.

YouTube Administration sent you a message: Illegal video warning

What to Do if You Received the Fake Youtube Email Spam

1. Ignore these messages and DO NOT click on any of the attached link that comes with these mails. Remember, this email is a hoax and it is likely unsafe to follow the links attached by the spammers.
2. Mark the email as spam. By doing this, you "notify" your email account that such messages are unwanted and spammy. This may help prevent you from receiving the spam again in the future.


3. Share this article to your friends and warn them about the Your Video on the TOP of YouTube emails.

PC Cleaner Pro

The fake pc cleaner pro is another malicious program that pretents to detect and fix errors and security issues in your PC. This malicious program can make you believe that you need the software it promotes to boost the efficiency of your PC. This article provides information on how to get rid of PC cleaner virus.



The PC cleaner scam
PC Optimiser is a clone of the several othe fake defragmentation and optimization tools. Its symptoms may include browser redirects and generation of deceitful warnings and popups. Do no fall to the traps of the PC cleaner scam.

PC cleaner removal
Removing PC cleaner is necessary since the symptoms of defrag cleaner viruses can be annoying: popups, fake system scan, browser hijacking and even inability to access websites you want to visit.



PC cleaner free removal: How to remove PC cleaner pro

* Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking.

* Malwarebytes is getting recognized as a reliable fake antivirus removal tool and you can download this program and use as a PC cleaner removal tool.
* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.
* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad. The PC cleaner malware should now be gone.

Windows PRO Scanner

The Windows PRO scanner virus is a malware that deceptively imitates the appearance of legitimate antiviruses. If you have seen popups and what appear to be reports of viruses and malwares detected by the Windows Pro Scanner software in your computer, this is likely a scam. The generated reports have no basis at all and the program is merely distributed to scam people off their money.

Windows PRO Scanner
For details on how to get rid of windows pro scanner, please read this post. The article will give you information on how to remove windows pro scanner virus from your infected computer.

Windows Basic Antivirus

The rogue Windows Basic Antivirus virus is a deceitful malware pretending as a security software and is trying to scam users by selling non working license or activation keys. Here's an article on how to remove windows Basic Antivirus.

What is Windows Basic Antivirus?
The Windows Basic Antivirus can look like a software that can provide solution to errors and security threats such as viruses, worms, trojans and other malwares in a computer. "Windows Basic Antivirus" may appear to detect problems with your PC. It is necessary that you remove this "Windows Basic Antivirus" malware from your computer. Similar scarewares include security protection virus and active security virus.

You must also get rid of Windows Basic Antivirus scam infection because it can make it difficult to visit internet sites and use your computer.

How to delete Windows Basic Antivirus

You can use Malwarebytes anti malware to remove this virus called Windows Basic Antivirus. Refer to the Windows Basic Antivirus removal guide below for information on how to get rid of windows Basic Antivirus virus

* Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking. Do this by restarting your PC and pressing the F8 key after hearing your computer beep on startup. Once the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, select Safe mode with networking and then press ENTER.

* Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.
* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.
* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.

Virus windows Basic Antivirus removal free
Using Malwarebytes as a Windows Basic Antivirus removal tool, you can follow this guide on how to remove Windows Basic Antivirus virus as well as other fake antiviruses.

Smart Fortress 2012

The Smart Fortress 2012 may look just like any other antivirus product but this is actually a malicious software bound to scam computer users who do not know the program is a rogue software.

The smart fortress virus simply imitates the look and even the characteristics of real security products so it is much easier to convince people to hand out their credit card details to pay for the Smart Fortress full version or license key which happen to be not working at all.

The Smart Fortress Scam software appears to scan your PC and then detects viruses and other malwares in your computer but these are all bogus reports. It is necessary to get rid of smart fortress infection once your computer shows symptoms of having been compromised by it.



Smart Fortress Removal
For information on how to remove smart fortress virus, please refer to this post on getting rid of fake antiviruses from a computer using Malwarebytes.

Smart Fortress 2012 Warning: Samples of Bogus Alerts Generated by this Fake Antivirus

Intercepting programs that may compromise your privacy and harm your system have been detected on your PC.
Click here to remove them immediately with Smart Fortress 2012

Warning!
Application cannot be executed. The file notepad.exe is infected.
Please activate your antivirus software.

Warning: Your computer is infected
Detected spyware infection!
Click this message to install the last update of security software…

Strong Malware Defender

Beware of the fake Strong Malware Defender virus. One characteristic of fake security softwares such as this Strong malware is that the scammers behind them make use of legitimate sounding names so as to give the impression that the program is a reliable software. The Strong virus wants to give the impression that it is a legitimte software so people will spend money for it.


Is Strong malware Defender a fake software?

If a particular program suddenly popped out of your computer and you are flooded by warnings telling you that there are security breaches and infections such as malwares, viruses and trojans in your PC followed by an advert to purchase a Strong Malware Defender, you are likely seeing popups from a fake antivirus- associated malware. Do note that scammers can even use names of real antiviruses so do not easily fall to rogue software traps.

Strong malware removal: How to Strong malaware Defender Strong virus
This article on fake antivirus removal will give you information on removing Strong virus.

Home Malware Cleaner

The Home Malware Cleaner virus is a malware that causes infected computers to show rogue windows advanced security center alert. This is an effort to convince computer users that the software has detected security issues in the computer. By making it appear that the computer needs to be cleaned, it becomes much easier for the malware to market the rogue home security Cleaner key and its rogue "full version". *

Is home security Cleaner a fake software?
Characteristics of computers that have been infected by rogue softwares such as the home Malware virus include misleading and annoying popups alerting of detected computer threats. These threats and security issues are often exaggerated or do not actually exist. Google redirects to affiliated sites often happen to further bombard computer users with misleading product testimonials. Clones of the home Malware Cleaner virus include the likes of personal shield pro and mac protector.

To make yourself safe from rogue security tools, always search for independent reviews everytime you purchase any software online. It is also a good practice to stay away from buying antiviruses promoted through popups and browser redirects. In case you have already spent your money believing that this rogue antivirus is legitimate, consider contacting your credit card issuer to report the bogus transaction and to get information on how to get your money back.

Home Malware Cleaner Virus Removal
Consider getting rid of this "home security Cleaner" infection once symptoms show up in your computer. For a detailed information on how to remove home Malware Cleaner virus, you may refer to this post on fake antivirus removal.

Windows Shield Tool

Ever received a warning from a Windows shield tool telling you there are viruses, errors and similar malwares in your computer? You may be interested in reading this article on the fake Windows shield tool Virus.

Makers of fake virus and spyware protection softwares have concocted different names and versions of their fake antivirus protection wares to victimize people who are willing to spend money to protect their computer from viruses, trojans and similar shield threats. Do not be duped into buying its license key.

The fake Windows shield Tool may bombard your Windows with fake system scans, ads and may even cause browser redirects. The Windows shield tool malware may cause your computer to show fake system scans so you will be forced to buy the Windows shield tools that it advertises.

Removing Windows shield tool virus is necessary because the shield tool Windows virus can slow make it hard for you to work online. Windows shield tool removal is also imperative to get rid of Windows shield Tool popups in your screen which can be very annoying and may disturb you while you are working online.

Popups from this windows shield tool virus may look like:

System component corrupted!
System reboot error has occurred due to lsass.exe system process failure.
This may be caused by severe malware infections.
Automatic restore of lsass.exe backup copy completed.
The correct system performance can not be resumed without eliminating the cause of lsass.exe corruption.

How to remove Windows shield tool
You can use this software as a Windows shield tool removal tool.

* Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking. Do this by restarting your PC and pressing the F8 key after hearing your computer beep on startup. Once the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, select Safe mode with networking and then press ENTER.

* Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.
* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.
* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.

Windows Telemetry Center

The windows telemetry centre virus is a new version of malware that is marketed as a legitimate security tool. If your PC is infected, you may notice that this windows telemetry center virus show adverts enticing you to purchase a serial code or activation key supposedly to activate the software that can fix issues in your computer.


The Windows telemetry Scam
Other symptoms of this windows verify center virus malware may include browser hijacking and google redirects. These activities can all be attributed to the fact that this program wants to coerce you to buy the serial of windows telemetry center. Avoid following and downloading any windows veryfying center links.

Windows telemetry center removal would be necessary to get rid of the issues caused by this fake software in your computer. Clones of the windows telemetry system virus include the windows seven system restore advanced module virus, security protection virus and antivirus scan ultimate fake security tool.

How to remove Windows telemetry center virus
Refer to this article on fake anti virus removal for information on how to get rid of Windows telemetry center virus.

Windows Smart Partner

Warning: Windows Smart Partner virus deceitfully markets the rogue Windows Smart Partner via non working serial keys, license or activation codes. Looking for info to remove windows Smart Partner? This post on Windows Smart Partner removal provides info on how to get rid of windows Smart Partner virus.

What is Windows Smart Partner?
The Windows Smart Partner can look like a software that can provide solution to errors and security threats such as viruses, worms, trojans and other malwares in a computer. "Windows Smart Partner" may appear to detect problems with your PC. It is necessary that you remove this "Windows Smart Partner" malware from your computer.

You must also get rid of Windows Smart Partner scam infection because it can make it difficult to visit internet sites and use your computer. Clones of this malware include the windows antivirus system and windows proofness guarantor.

How to delete Windows Smart Partner

Are you looking for information on how to get rid of Windows Smart Partner virus? You can use Malwarebytes anti malware to remove this virus called Windows Smart Partner:
* Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking. Do this by restarting your PC and pressing the F8 key after hearing your computer beep on startup. Once the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, select Safe mode with networking and then press ENTER.

* Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.
* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.
* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.

Virus windows Smart Partner removal free
Using Malwarebytes as a Windows Smart Partner removal tool, you can follow this guide on how to remove Windows Smart Partner virus as well as other fake antiviruses.