AVASoft Professional Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program from the Rogue.WinWebSec family of computer infections. This program is classified as a rogue and as malware because it pretends to be an anti-virus program but in reality displays fake scan results, makes it so you cannot launch your legitimate applications, and displays false security alerts that state there are security problems with your computer. When installed, AVASoft Professional Antivirus will be installed as a random filename in a random folder under c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\, in XP, or C:\ProgramData, in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

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The Urausy Trojan is a screenlocker that does not allow you to access your computer or your files without a paying a ransom. When infected with this Trojan instead of seeing your normal Windows desktop when you login, you will be greeted with a screen that states illegal activity was detected and that you have been locked out of your computer until you pay a fine. This infection will display different lock screens depending on what country your computer is currently located in. It is able to detect your country by using the IP address of your computer. This guide will focus on the USA variant of the Urausy Trojan, but the steps can be used for any variant of this ransomware.

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Disk Antivirus Professional is a computer infection from the Rogue.WinWebSec family of rogue anti-spyware programs. This program is classified as a rogue because it displays fake scan results, terminates your legitimate applications when you attempt to run them, and display numerous fake security alerts that are worded to scare you into thinking your infected. This rogue is promoted via fake online anti-malware scanners that state you are infected and then prompt you to download and install the program. This rogue is also promoted as a program required to view an online video. Last, but not least, you may also become infected with Disk Antivirus when you visit a hacked web sites that attempts to exploit vulnerabilities on your computer to install the software without your permission.

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The search.certified-toolbar.com toolbar is a program that is classified as a browser hijacker. It is considered a browser hijacker because it changes your home page and default search provide to search.certified-toolbar.com. This in itself is not considered malicious as there are many legitimate programs that change these settings as well. What is considered malicious, though, is that it will also append the argument http://search.certified-toolbar.com?si=41460&shortcut=true&tid=2937 to random Windows shortcuts on your desktop and your Windows Start Menu. This causes the http://search.certified-toolbar.com web page to open when you launch one of these hijacked shortcuts, even when the shortcut has nothing to do with web browsing. For example, if the Microsoft Excel shortcut is hijacked, when you start Excel, your browser will also open and automatically go to the search.certified-toolbar.com home page.

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Smart Security is a computer infection from the Rogue.WinPCDefender family of rogue anti-spyware programs. This program is classified as a rogue because it deliberately displays false scan results, fake security alerts, and prevents you from running any programs on your computer. This program is promoted through fake online antimalware scanners and as a program required to view online videos. Once installed, Smart Security will automatically scan your computer and then state that there are numerous infections on your computer. If you attempt to remove any of these so-called infections it will state that you first need to purchase the program in order to remove anything. As many of the detected files are actually legitimate, please do not manually delete anything that this rogue detects as it may affect the proper operating of Windows and your installed programs. Instead ignore the scan results and proceed with the rest of the removal guide.

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Security Defender is a computer infection from the Rogue.PCDefPlus family of rogue anti-spyware programs. This infection is considered a rogue because it deliberately displays false scan results, false security alerts, and hijacks your computer so that you are unable to run your normal applications. This infection is promoted as a utility that is required to view an online video, but actually installs the Security Defender infection instead. Once started, the rogue will pretend to be an anti-virus program but will display fake scan results and alerts. When you try to fix any of the infections it supposedly found, you will be shown a message stating that you need to purchase it before it can remove anything. As this is just a scare tactic, please ignore anything that it displays and continue with the rest of the removal guide.

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Vista Anti-Virus 2013 is a computer virus from the Rogue.FakeRean-Braviax family of rogue anti-spyware programs. This infection is considered a rogue anti-spyware program because it displays fake scan results, false security alerts, hijacks your web browser, and does not allow you to run your legitimate Windows applications. This scareware is promoted through hacked web sites that attempt to install the software by exploiting vulnerabilities on your computer. It is also promoted through Trojans that pretend to be legitimate programs, but will install the infection instead when you run them.

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Vista Anti-Spyware 2013 is a computer virus from the Rogue.FakeRean-Braviax family of rogue anti-spyware programs. This infection is considered a rogue anti-spyware program because it displays fake scan results, false security alerts, hijacks your web browser, and does not allow you to run your legitimate Windows applications. This scareware is promoted through hacked web sites that attempt to install the software by exploiting vulnerabilities on your computer. It is also promoted through Trojans that pretend to be legitimate programs, but will install the infection instead when you run them.

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Vista Total Security 2013 is a computer virus from the Rogue.FakeRean-Braviax family of rogue anti-spyware programs. This infection is considered a rogue anti-spyware program because it displays fake scan results, false security alerts, hijacks your web browser, and does not allow you to run your legitimate Windows applications. This scareware is promoted through hacked web sites that attempt to install the software by exploiting vulnerabilities on your computer. It is also promoted through Trojans that pretend to be legitimate programs, but will install the infection instead when you run them.

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Vista Internet Security 2013 is a rogue anti-spyware program that is part of the Rogue.FakeRean-Braviax family of computer infections. This infection is considered a rogue anti-spyware program because it displays fake scan results, false security alerts, hijacks your web browser, and does not allow you to run your legitimate Windows applications. This scareware is promoted through hacked web sites that attempt to install the software by exploiting vulnerabilities on your computer. It is also promoted through Trojans that pretend to be legitimate programs, but will install the infection instead when you run them.

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