Roberta Betti December 20, 2014 Guide
years have elapsed from the moment the first rogue software (literally, software “rascal”) crashed into PC systems against an increasingly large number of users, with no distinction between architectures designed for a greater degree of resistance that computers more ” basic “, given the extreme ability to evolve and spread in ever more devious of malware in question.
Among the fraud in the computer science, therefore, on the threshold of 2015, rogue software still pose a major threat, because their ability to impersonate software entirely sure, often ironically in the form of malware or defragmentation software or scan your hard drive.
Generally, the threat appears suddenly, without any special warnings if a reduced speed of the PC hit and the appearance of pop-up character concern, including “Your PC is getting slower,” or “Your RAM isn ‘t enough “, followed by the little reassuring suggestion to immediately start scanning using the proposed tool.
The rogue software is also able to take advantage of the Google SERP and SEO in a rather ingenious, finally succeeding to be listed as legitimate categories of downloadable software (a striking example is made up of Registry Doctor , who managed without any effort to appear in advertisements relating to Google search results).
The official names attributed to rogue software are, however, obvious copies of software far more known, so it is difficult to detect them using a specific search among the lists of antivirus available by the software company best known and addicts to eradicate the problems of online security.
So we can point out some useful tools, in addition to common sense, to identify these traps. One of the main consists of Mc Afee Site Advisor , which in its basic form allows us to type the address of the site that we suspect carrier of malware and rogue software and immediately get a report online on the site and the possible presence of software doubt.
The main plugin for web browsers, we find in addition to Site Advisor also WOT (Web Of Trust) , which shows in the Google SERP (or our favorite search engine) results concerning the reliability of a website, through surveys conducted through the collective experience of the user, simply by entering the URL object of our attention in the field provided.
The comments by category are also provided its also possible phishing and generic malicious content.
So we have reviewed some of the main techniques to make sure in advance the safety of a site, avoiding auto installation of fraudulent software.
The evolution of rogue software is still ongoing and increasingly complex over time, so eventually recommend to all our readers obtain tools such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware , one of the most popular tools for the removal of these threats, can operate alone, with few controls, being a measure of clicks and particularly appreciated by always.
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