Yet another rogue spyware program on the loose, this time named “Virus Trigger 2009″.
One thing I noticed about this program, is that the website looks quite professional and appears in the number 1 spot in google when you search for keyword “Virus Trigger 2009″. Nasty huh.
Time to check this baby out.
After firing up my dummy box, I proceeded to download Virus Trigger 2009.
Like most Rogue Spyware applications, its hard to actually minimize or close the Virus Trigger window, especially when it prompts you to purchase the application.
Virus Trigger 2009 runs as the following processes
VirusTriggerBin.exe and uninst.exe <- Use the taskmanager to kill these processes
Removing from Startup
To remove this program from starting up when your computer starts, following these instructions
1) Click the start menu, then run
2) Type “msconfig” and hit enter
3) Click the startup Tab
4) Untick “VirusTriggerBin”
5) Reboot
Whilst you can manually remove “Virus Trigger 2009″ by simply deleting registry keys and files as per the manual removal stage featured above, its much easier to remove “Virus Trigger 2009″ simply by using PCTools Spyware Doctor..
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Thanks for taking the time to show people this harmful application, it is important to have sites like this to educate users into being cautious around spyware/adware programs and as you rightly point out this particular app appears at the No.1 spot on Google which in itself probably infers some degree of trust from users whom are unaware of the program. Here’s hoping your site appears over that of the program itself!