Some fake antivirus

Saturday, 10 July 2010

One of the symptoms that appear when the PC is affected by fake antivirus desktop into dark and flashing warning virus in earnest. Furthermore, an unknown virus suddenly offered as the solution to de with a certain price. This event certainly is often experienced by the end of the Internet. Is the warning really shows your PC virus? Not necessarily! Today, many hackers to send fake antivirus (rogueware) with reports of such viruses. They always try to lure users to buy the full version with expensive price.

This nasty trick fooled many victims. The proof? McAfee this year alone has lost more U.S. $ 300 million globally.

Identification: the forced popup
Rogueware spread through the website is manipulated by exploiting browser vulnerabilities or plugins like Flash Player. This Malware infiltrated with Drive-by-line system or require users to download fake video codecs that were malcode content.

How to know a fake antivirus up to your PC? This can be identified by several symptoms. One of the most striking thing was the appearance of a popup that reported the existence of viruses and recommend you purchase the full versions of these antivirus.

To prevent the entry of fake antivirus software, close the popup via the Task Manager because hackers often use a button "cancel" to view a malicious website or download other malware. Some popups are annoying because it can even display the reports about security risks and change the desktop.

Other traits, rogueware usually make the process of scanning a PC with a faster time than the original virus. However, a very quick process that can display and found many viruses. One thing that is not realistic.

Usually, rogueware not come alone. If the hacker has access to a PC, he could sneak malware and trojans. This Trojan can spy on your PC and send personal data through a backdoor or a keylogger to down load.

Some malware integrate into the user's PC so that bot network without knowing it, your PC is infected will also contribute in spreading rogueware. Together has also appeared fake antivirus programs blackmailer (ransomware). Variety of symptoms that appear aimed at making the user to panic and eventually buy the full version.

Links to these fake antivirus websites spread through spam, YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter. By way of spreading like that, you can detect a fake program through a web address that is not clear.
Ways need to watch out for the next deployment is through search engine results that have been manipulated. Hackers using actual themes about the virus so the search query associated virus protection can occur in the first row of the search results. Its own website (fake antivirus website) actually has no malcode. However, these websites can open another website and subsequently exposed to the virus infects a PC user. Their website was also created as a professional.

They use a seal of quality (false), display test results fictitious, and discounts to attract visitors. They also provide telephone and e-mail.

One tip to avoid the threat of such link is not to serve bids for free virus scan on a popup. Also, do not ever give your credit card data to the website.

If you already have the actual original security suite, antivirus use to counteract the counterfeit. This original program if it can be updated rogueware deter any attack. However, if the hackers managed to infiltrate (because the antivirus is not updated), so the original antivirus could not walk normally, use several malware removal tools from other manufacturers, such as Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool. You can also use the Boot CD to track malware security suite.


If all steps are conducted does not provide an appropriate result, manually remove the malware. First, check your PC with antivirus online from the manufacturer of the popular antivirus. After rogueware type detected, search within the registry. Entry showing the name should be removed rogueware.

Top 5
Dangerous Rogueware

1. MS Antivirus
Family "MS Antivirus" widespread professional appearance and can block the active antiviral. Rogueware is also marketed under names like "System Security" or "WinPC Defender."

2. Security Tool
Known as the "Total Security" is imitative Windows security alert. He removes the icon on the desktop, displaying a black screen, and slows down the system.




3. Internet Security 2010
Internet Security 2010 not only peeve with some warning. DLL file that infiltrated through, he was blocking Facebook and YouTube to accelerate the user buy the full version

4. Defender anti-malware
Posing as "Windows Defender" from Microsoft. Rogueware is difficult to differentiate for an inexperienced user. Once entered into the PC, he blocked the browser and display continuous virus warnings.

5. User Protection
This version is spreading itself in the form of fake video codec is manipulated through the website. "User Protection" reduce system performance, even causing crashes


Impressed with the original scan, so encourage users to buy the full version