Lawrence Abrams
Author Bio
Lawrence Abrams is the owner and Editor in Chief of BleepingComputer.com. Lawrence’s area of expertise includes Windows, security, malware research, ransomware, and computer forensics. Lawrence Abrams is also a co-author of the Winternals Defragmentation, Recovery, and Administration Field Guide and technical editor for Rootkits for Dummies.
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How to remove RaptorDefence (Removal Instructions)
RaptorDefence is a rogue anti-spyware program that is in the same family as Spy-Shredder, AntiSpyKit, and others. This type of rogue is aggressively advertised through the use of malware that displays fake security alerts in your Windows taskbar as well misleading statements on their web sites. Once installed, the program will automatically scan your computer and display a programmed set of false infec...
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How to remove OnlineGuard (Removal Instructions)
OnlineGuard is a rogue anti-spyware program that is in the same family as Spy-Shredder, AntiSpyKit, and others. This type of rogue is aggressively advertised through the use of malware that displays fake security alerts in your Windows taskbar as well misleading statements on their web sites. Once installed, the program will automatically scan your computer and display a programmed set of false infections on your computer. ...
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How to remove XPDefender (Removal Instructions)
XPDefender is a rogue anti-spyware program that is typically installed and advertised through the user of Trojans and other malware. Once installed, the program will scan your computer and display a list of exaggerated problems on your computer. Regardless of how clean your computer is, XPDefender will always detect certain malware on your computer. These detections are legitimate entries that are being falsely classified as...
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How to remove SwiftCleaner (Removal Instructions)
SwiftCleaner a privacy cleaning program that displays exaggerated scan results that can only be removed if you first purchase SwiftCleaner. When examining the results of a SwiftCleaner scan, it is quickly apparent that many of the items being displayed as security issues or problems are in fact perfectly harmless and nothing to worry about. For example, this program states that the desktop.ini file, commonly found in your Wi...
