HOWTO: Real or fake security?
Nowadays almost every internet-user is known with possible internet hacks, virusses, etc… What to do when you installed (free) software for securing your pc-system which itself is fake? Its main purpose is pretending your system is *not* secure and you have to buy the software for protection. This is currently happening a whole lot. Take a look at the following screenshot:
The question is: what to do to protect yourself?
Never install *any* software which popups itself onto your screen. It doesnot matter whether it looks a lot like any Windows program (see above picture). Don’t believe their so-called claims your pc-system is *not* safe/secure and you have to do something ASAP (ie., buy their pro/full-version).
If you want to know if the software is legit then use the following list to check whether the software is from a real company:
- AhnLab (V3)
- Antiy Labs (Antiy-AVL)
- Aladdin (eSafe)
- ALWIL (Avast! Antivirus)
- Authentium (Command Antivirus)
- AVG Technologies (AVG)
- Avira (AntiVir)
- Cat Computer Services (Quick Heal)
- ClamAV (ClamAV)
- Comodo (Comodo)
- CA Inc. (Vet)
- Doctor Web, Ltd. (DrWeb)
- Emsi Software GmbH (a-squared)
- Eset Software (ESET NOD32)
- Fortinet (Fortinet)
- FRISK Software (F-Prot)
- F-Secure (F-Secure)
- G DATA Software (GData)
- Hacksoft (The Hacker)
- Hauri (ViRobot)
- Ikarus Software (Ikarus)
- INCA Internet (nProtect)
- K7 Computing (K7AntiVirus)
- Kaspersky Lab (AVP)
- McAfee (VirusScan)
- Microsoft (Malware Protection)
- Norman (Norman Antivirus)
- Panda Security (Panda Platinum)
- PC Tools (PCTools)
- Prevx (Prevx1)
- Rising Antivirus (Rising)
- Secure Computing (SecureWeb)
- BitDefender GmbH (BitDefender)
- Sophos (SAV)
- Sunbelt Software (VIPRE, CounterSpy)
- Symantec (Norton Antivirus)
- VirusBlokAda (VBA32)
- Trend Micro (TrendMicro)
- VirusBuster (VirusBuster)
