Faking it

http://siri-urz.blogspot.com/2009/10/secure-shield.html

http://siri-urz.blogspot.com/2009/10/secure-shield-fake-rogue.html

 

webvertising tactics exposed

 

Nicely done, Franklin

 

The most worrying aspect of this "Secure Shield" sting is the amount of technical detail these websites are prepared to fabricate to make it look as though they have researched the specific rogue product being discussed. In this case S!Ri simply posted a screen-shot of the fictitious program and said it was related to a number of similar rogue products - no actions, file names or registry changes were documented.

XP-Vista.com created the following detailed page (since deleted - once they realised they had been caught out as fraudsters)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_B8nwWVzH9zc/S...KO6yM/SecureShield.SpywareDoctor.PCTools5.png

One of the other websites caught in the sting wrote a different text description - but used identical technical details including the same random file-names, and registry changes - http://windowsprotection.net/how-to-remove-secureshield-secure-shield-removal-guide/ - there is obviously some cut & pasting going on among the different sites.

There are currently 573 hits on Google for [remove "secureshield"] - pretty good going for a non-existent program.

There is obviously no easy way to really tell how much of the technical detail on these websites is pure invention - but by creating this fictitious "SecureShield" rogue S!Ri shows how far these websites are prepared to go in promoting sales of Spyhunter and Spyware Doctor.