SpywareStrike
SpywareStrike is a variant of Smitfraud
trojan. SpywareStrike is a clone of infamous
SpyAxe
and Spysheriff. SpywareStrike is a fake anti-spyware product that
displays fake warnings on a Microsoft Windows computer in order to manipulate you into buying
its full commercial version.
If you are infected with this program you may receive warnings in your
task bar that appear to be from
Microsoft Security Center claiming that you are infected with
dangerous spyware and offering to download and install its special anti-malware
tool.
This tool turns out to be SpywareStrike, rogue spyware remover.
These warnings are fake and are a goad to buy the commercial version of
this software. SpywareStrike hijacks the home
page and redirects the web browser to SpywareStrike.com.
SpywareStrike automatically runs on every Windows startup.
A program called "smitrem" has been written to remove this.
Recently a new clone of SpywareStrike emerged, called SpyFalcon.