The dirty folks are up at it again. They have launched a new malware that is designed to appear as a genuine antivirus program. In fact it is a fake antivirus program and has been launched by the same group that provided the antimalware virus. This particular virus is promoted via Trojans especially Trojan.fakealert.
Malware is yet another form of rogue anti-virus that pressures you into buying its fraudulent program. Most of the times malware is downloaded as a part of bundled free or illegal software or come as a fake video. Chances are that you have downloaded malware thinking it to be a genuine anti virus program.
Here are some symptoms associated with Malware:
o It will generate false notifications and alerts about viral infections.
o It simulates a system scan and will display a list of infections on your pc.
o It will remind you to purchase a full version of the same since the trial version is not equipped to remove the reported infections. You should not opt in to purchase it.
These reports are scams are generated to scare you. This particular malware reports legitimate windows files and also non-existent files as infections. You should never attempt to remove these files manually since you can damage the configurations of your operating system, rendering it unstable. This Malware also blocks particular anti viruses and report them as unauthorized and prompts you to terminate the same.
This is when you know you need to call the experts here at Back to Basics Computers. We can save your data and remove your malware infections, saving you time and frustration!
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