Fake Anti Spyware

Brave Sentry is a fake anti spyware product that’s been going around a lot lately. It’s also known by these names:

• Brave Sentry
• Spy Sheriff
• Spyware Quake
• SpyFalcon

Once it gets onto your computer it tells you it found a large number of threats. For example, it could say “BraveSentry Scan found 138 threats“. This is false, following its instructions takes you to a site asking for money to remove the spyware.

Here’s a procedure on how to remove Brave Sentry, if you happen to become infected.

And to avoid infection follow these tips:

• Install a good (and well known) anti virus/anti spyware product.
• Avoid using Internet Explorer. Use one of the current alternative browsers such as:

• Firefox
• Opera
• Safari

Always use the latest web browser versions, download updates frequently.

Never ever download or run programs just because an email or a web site asked you to. This includes things like codecs to watch videos (unless you’re quite technical and know what you’re doing).

Avoid warez and porn sites (they’re often infected with malware)