Vista AntiVirus 2012, also known as Windows XP Home Security 2012 is one of the viruses/malware programs running around that masquerades as an anti-virus program.
Unfortunately it’s not. It uses various browser holes to install itself and then pretty much disables the computer until the user puts their credit card number in. Once the program is [...]

These directions are for Windows 7 specifically but should work for XP and Vista also.
First, Open your task manager and delete any processes that have to do with Skype and Easybits. There should be at least three total, and they should be pretty obvious.
Go to the following directories:
C:/Users/NAME/AppData/Local/
C:/Users/NAME/AppData/Roaming/
C:/Program Files (x86)/ (And/or C:/ProgramFiles/ depending on your [...]

There is a new major malware virus going around right now. This one is “Digital Protection” and infects computers after the user gets one of those pop-ups that says “You have a virus!”
The odd thing about this one is that it’s also taking over the Windows Updater program, so it can’t be used to download [...]