Comments on: Trust Cleaner, the rogue anti-spyware app that tricks you into thinking it’s Google. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/ Security Alerts, Information, and News Fri, 16 May 2008 02:47:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mexico501 » Blog Archive » Netscape.com HACKED! http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-116 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:02:07 +0000 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-116 [...] Both hostnames for the download sites, though, resolve to the same IP address so we know that they are running on the same web server and thus are most likely the same company. After the malware is installed the rogue anti-spyware program Trust Cleaner is set to to start automatically when your computer starts. This program will cause fake security warnings in the form of a Window directly on your desktop. So if you go to the real Google site and search for something, this software will open a new Internet Explorer windows with its own ads that are specific to this search term. This page will generate a home page that looks strikingly like Google. Summary of: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/ [...] […] Both hostnames for the download sites, though, resolve to the same IP address so we know that they are running on the same web server and thus are most likely the same company. After the malware is installed the rogue anti-spyware program Trust Cleaner is set to to start automatically when your computer starts. This program will cause fake security warnings in the form of a Window directly on your desktop. So if you go to the real Google site and search for something, this software will open a new Internet Explorer windows with its own ads that are specific to this search term. This page will generate a home page that looks strikingly like Google. Summary of: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/ […]

]]> by: » Netscape.com HACKED! http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-100 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:54:43 +0000 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-100 [...] Both hostnames for the download sites, though, resolve to the same IP address so we know that they are running on the same web server and thus are most likely the same company. After the malware is installed the rogue anti-spyware program Trust Cleaner is set to to start automatically when your computer starts. This program will cause fake security warnings in the form of a Window directly on your desktop. So if you go to the real Google site and search for something, this software will open a new Internet Explorer windows with its own ads that are specific to this search term. This page will generate a home page that looks strikingly like Google. Summary of: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/ [...] […] Both hostnames for the download sites, though, resolve to the same IP address so we know that they are running on the same web server and thus are most likely the same company. After the malware is installed the rogue anti-spyware program Trust Cleaner is set to to start automatically when your computer starts. This program will cause fake security warnings in the form of a Window directly on your desktop. So if you go to the real Google site and search for something, this software will open a new Internet Explorer windows with its own ads that are specific to this search term. This page will generate a home page that looks strikingly like Google. Summary of: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/ […]

]]> by: cynthiabanan http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-44 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:37:21 +0000 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-44 It's true. This was reported by Bleeping Computer. In fact I had the problem on my computer a long time ago. I can describe to you what it's like to have trust cleaner on the computer. I wasn't using the internet at all when it happened but the connection was still on. I went to my control panel on my computer and trust cleaner installed itself on the desktop and taskbar. I tried to uninstall it but it came back, so I knew something was wrong and had to be some sort of computer bug and virus. I went on internet explorer to find a solution but I saw the fake google site and I decided to use firefox instead. Firefox didn't have any problems at all and I started to find a solution to get rid of trust cleaner and I decided to download Spyware Doctor. It didn't get rid of it at all. In fact Spyware Doctor was causing the computer to crash so many times and I decided to get rid of it. I then went to bleeping computer and found a solution and decided to try it out. I tried it and it was successful. My computer is free of trust cleaner and my computer runs faster than before. It’s true. This was reported by Bleeping Computer. In fact I had the problem on my computer a long time ago.

I can describe to you what it’s like to have trust cleaner on the computer.

I wasn’t using the internet at all when it happened but the connection was still on. I went to my control panel on my computer and trust cleaner installed itself on the desktop and taskbar.

I tried to uninstall it but it came back, so I knew something was wrong and had to be some sort of computer bug and virus.

I went on internet explorer to find a solution but I saw the fake google site and I decided to use firefox instead.

Firefox didn’t have any problems at all and I started to find a solution to get rid of trust cleaner and I decided to download Spyware Doctor.

It didn’t get rid of it at all. In fact Spyware Doctor was causing the computer to crash so many times and I decided to get rid of it.

I then went to bleeping computer and found a solution and decided to try it out.
I tried it and it was successful. My computer is free of trust cleaner and my computer runs faster than before.

]]> by: SecurityCadets » Blog Archive » Trusted Cleaner, the new rogue making you think it’s Google http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-22 Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:49:33 +0000 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-22 [...] I’m not the first to report in this. And will not be the last. Infact this was reported by BleepingComputer early in the month. [...] […] I’m not the first to report in this. And will not be the last. Infact this was reported by BleepingComputer early in the month. […]

]]> by: My Anti Spyware » Another rogue antispyware app for your blacklist - Trust Cleaner http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-21 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:42:45 +0000 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-21 [...] Bleepingcomputer blog and Sunbelt blog reported about rogue antispyware - Trust Cleaner. At first view, this rogue anti-spyware application works the same way as the other ones that have been released lately like SpyFalcon and SpywareQuake as it uses trojans to display fake warnings that act as a goad to make you purchase the full commercial version of its software. [...] […] Bleepingcomputer blog and Sunbelt blog reported about rogue antispyware - Trust Cleaner. At first view, this rogue anti-spyware application works the same way as the other ones that have been released lately like SpyFalcon and SpywareQuake as it uses trojans to display fake warnings that act as a goad to make you purchase the full commercial version of its software. […]

]]> by: Hackers Blog » Blog Archive » Rogue antispyware app Trust Cleaner http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-20 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:41:36 +0000 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/securityblog/2006/06/04/trust-cleaner-google-impersonation-rogue-anti-spyware/#comment-20 [...] We’re not the first to report this (Bleeping Computer has it already). However, it’s worth noting Trust Cleaner as another rogue antispyware app. [...] […] We’re not the first to report this (Bleeping Computer has it already). However, it’s worth noting Trust Cleaner as another rogue antispyware app. […]

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