Spyware Guard 2008 fake alerts made a lot of action in the last weeks of 2008. This rogue is especially nasty due the fact, that it tries blocking legitimate websites that distribute proper spyware removers. I have warn and warn computer users again not to believe “Windows” popups that suggest downloading and purchasing third party software – this is rarely the case, especially when Windows have a remover of its own. Spyware Guard 2008 and its sibilings Spy Guard 2008 + Spyware Guard 2008 are not legitimate – their company details are fake, and their claims being best removers around are not true. 

If you want removal instructions for this crap, we recomend 2-viruses.com guide how to remove Spyware Guard 2008.

WinAntivirus2008 is the the new implementation of old scam trying to get into your purse. Its installer is distributed with fake video codex “required” to view movies in torrent or porn sites or other presumably usefull software. You wont get to see a movie after installing it (go to the cinema for that), but your life might turn similar to some horror movie. You will have to fight numerous popups on your PC, and if you Pay for that scam, you might see a hole in your bank account soon after, as this scum does not shun from using your bank details to get some extra money. And surrely some dork might have access to your PC and all information in it. The best way is to eradicate it as soon as you can.

I suggest using legitimate spyware removers, e.g. Spyware Doctor, MalwareBytes’ Anti-Malware or some others, for removing this and and other parasites.

Manual instructions can be found at 2-viruses.com page on WinAntivirus2008.

Spyware sweeper is a legitimate spyware remover and quite good one too. This was not unnoticed by scammers and they released a rogue skinned similarly to spyware sweeper – SpywareSweeperPro. It was released in the hopes that the users would believe that SpywareSweeperPro is an advanced version of legitimate remover. Of couse, nothing is advanced about it – it’s a scam like many others. It looks like it is more than popular to tarnish the name of real software, as just recently we got a similar parasite that targeted oldie SpyBot search & destroy.

The SpywareSweeperPro infection path is similar to other parasites – exploits and downloads from dubious content websites, hoping to hit users that do not have time to read software reviews and learn what is good for PC and what is not. Also, they might hit people who won’t notice that SpywareSweeperPro is marketed by different company than the real SpywareSweeper.

I would suggest never downloading applications like SpywareSweeperPro without google’ing about it in the web – you will soon notice that it is a fake. Remove Spyware spywareSweeperPro and stick to legitimate removers like Spyware Doctor, SuperAntiSpyware, Spyware Sweeper and some other tools.

SpywareSweeperPro information at symantec.