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By Timmy Bailey Security Sphere is a malicious rogue antispyware application designed specifically to annoy users and force them into paying for a worthless piece of software. This rogue antispyware emanates from the same family as the well known and despised rogue Security Shield. The rogue will do everything in its power to make sure that it gains the trust of its victims, but when all is said and done this malicious rogue does not own the ability to detect, quarantine or remove any type of threat from the system. It is clear to see why you will want to get rid of Security Sphere as soon as possible.

The rogue will enter the system unbeknownst to the user, and will remain hidden until such time that it is ready to start its attack against the system. This will usually happen by the rogue initiating a fake security scan which will inevitably yield bogus results. However these falsely generated scan results should not be believed under any circumstances, as it only forms part of threat’s attack on the system.

Shortly after the fake security scan, the threat will spam the user with numerous fake security alerts. These fake security alerts are generated to further panic and annoy the user into believing that his PC is under attack so that he will pay for Security Sphere’s worthless software. These annoying pop ups will be relentless and will not stop until the user either decides to get rid of Security Sphere or pay for it.

As a further attack on the system Security Sphere will be the instigator of various other annoying symptoms on the system. It will blame these annoying symptoms on the supposed falsely detected threats on the system. Some of the annoying symptoms associated with the Security Sphere infection range from users being unable to connect to the Internet, as well as the inability to launch applications on the infected PC. This is done to further panic the user, but also to prevent him from running or downloading an application which may be able to detect and remove Security Sphere from the system.

Other symptoms reported on include extremely poor system performance and increased erratic system performance. Users have also complained about randomly generated desktop items and hidden folders on the system. [Read the rest of this entry...]

If your budget is tight and you don’t want to spend money on a anti-virus program, you should consider the following six as recommended by PC World: Avira AntiVir Personal, Alwil Avast Anti Virus Home Edition, AVG 8. 5 Free, Microsoft Security Essentials, PC Tools Antivirus Free Edition and Comodo Internet Security. These free apps have been tested, rated, and reviewed by PC World.

However, keep in mind that free software will not give you everything that the paid ones do. Most free software offer little to no technical support if you run into problems. They may offer online forums or charge you for over the phone technical support. For example, AVG offers paid telephone support for $50 which is actually crazy and not worth it.

Free software have less frequent updates which in today’s world with new viruses and adware appearing all the time maybe a major problem. Free software also offers limited features. For example, Avira’s paid anti-virus software will scan traffic before it’s downloaded to your computer, but it’s free version doesn’t.

Finally, some free antivirus will download toolbars and will urge you to upgrade by purchasing the paid version. Some companies will offer you a free version but their goal is to have you upgrade to the paid version eventually.

Free Trials for Paid Programs

If you are in the market for an effective paid antivirus software program but don’t know which one to choose or whether the one you want to purchase does a good job, you should consider testing first via a free trial. You may want to choose a program such Norton Antivirus Free Trial, which offers 30 days of full functionality of the Norton Internet Security software package to test out for free. Most if not all, software programs offer a free trial period for you to test out their product before you purchase which is a great idea. [Read the rest of this entry...]