Have you just received an unfamiliar program called XP Defender Plus 2013 on your computer out of nowhere? Were you on facebook chatting while a java and adobe update came up? And when you clicked on them, this program popped up the first time. You can’t seem to be able to x out this running program and it’s telling some threats and alerts. How can one uninstall this stubborn application and remove all the viruses on computer?

XP Defender Plus 2013 Description

XP Defender Plus 2013 is an application that comes from the rogue antispyware family. You should be careful when a software like this comes up on your computer out of nowhere. Usually, this software will appear on your computer looking like a common antivirus application which seems to provide full protection for your computer. You can’t find anything weird about this program except for the fact that you can’t close or stop it from running scans. If you happen to be familiar with other members from the same family, like Win 7 Defender Plus 2013 Virus, you will be able to realize that this XP defenderplus 2013 is actually a virus as well. If you are not able to uninstall it in time, bad consequences will happen on the infected computer.
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Infected with the fake Disk Antivirus Professional virus when surfing online? My laptop has been blocked by a Disk Antivirus Professional screen and i have read that it could be a virus so i tried following some of the ways shown to remove it but could not find the shell that may be infected how can i remove this if it is a virus. Can you advise please?

Is Disk Antivirus Professional a Scam or Real?

Disk Antivirus Professional (Disk Antivirus Professional 3.7.25) is the latest fake AV we have detected in YooSecurity Labs. It tells there are critical disk errors and your computer is at high risk by showing you there are 38 infections or WARNING!38 infections found. Look what i found, 38 threats showed up 2 malicious programs, 26 viruses, 2 adware, 2 spyware. Disk Antivirus professional popped up and did the scan but you never downloaded that program. It is a classical example of a rogue anti-virus application that should be removed as soon as they are noticed on a computer system. The Disk Antivirus Professional virus is spread through free downloads throughout the Internet. They will hide this attack in video and audio downloadable files, freeware, shareware, and also email attachments. This is how most viruses are spread, and this one is no different. This is a perfect example of why users should not be trusting these file sharing sites, as they are usually set up and run by cyber criminals with the goal of accessing computers through virus attacks. All it takes is one wrong click and the computer can become infected. This fake application belongs to a family of viruses called Baravaix that are designed to look like genuine anti-virus applications when they are not. These fake security programs are designed to deceive the unsuspecting computer user into paying for something that they don’t need or that does not exist. Read the rest of this post »

Is Smart Security fake or real? Well, i got a Smart Security alert pops up telling there are the 300 errors i have on my computer, those can be fixed with anti-virus program right? Or is it a result of this virus? If it is Smart Security Virus, how do i know if i have more viruses than just this one? I have no idea, that’s what i saw earlier and i looked it up on Google and found answers and one of them told me to use, i think it was malware or something which i’m assuming is an antivirus/spyware program and ran the free version it said it found more than 100 errors or something and i need to pay to get the activation code (Register key) to get the full version. Any suggestions?

Infected Smart Security Virus? How to get rid of it?

Smart Security Virus is certainly not a program to trust. It is a rogue anti virus program that pretends to be a genuine security application. It would periodically produce system scan reports and threat alerts of viruses detected. These reports and notifications are all faked and are only designed to scare you into believing that your system has been infected. Smart Security Virus is a rogue system that falls under a virus family known as Baraviax. These sneaky applications come in various names posing to be genuine anti-virus programs when in fact they compromise the performance of your computer system. These applications can also help hackers study your keystrokes and browsing history to help them steal your personal data.

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Vista Home Security 2013 Rogue Antispyware Description

Vista Home Security 2013 is one of the fake antivirus programs coming from the Vista 2013 Fake series. We can also come across Win7 and XP series when reading online about this kind of malware. It is believed that this vista home security fake software is created specially by PC hackers in order to benefit from privacy of computer users all over the world. As long as the computer is connected to the internet, chances to be infected by this rogue program exist once the PC is used to visit bad web sites or download malware online. Generally, hackers put this Vista Home Security 2013 into vulnerable systems through the networks which will report lots of risks and errors to PC owners. Threatened by these risks and being afraid of losing important data on the PCs, one will become a victim of this rogue antispyware when he/she pays.
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Is Security Defender Firewall Alert Real or just a new fake virus? I keep getting security defender pop ups and i can’t open regedit, how bad is security defender firewall alert for windows 7 or windows 8? Every time i boot up my computer and find out the scam Security Defender Activate now starts to scan my system telling Attention: Danger! Then i was unable to run my anti-virus programs, neither could i browser internet, what to do? I am looking at the processes. I think I need to delete some of them, but which ones?

Infected Security Defender Firewall Alert virus? How to get rid of it?

Security Defender Firewall Alert is the new variant of the fake system alert family (Original Versions: XP Defender, Vista Defender and Win7 Defender). It is a fake anti-virus application that does not have the capacity to scan or protect the system from virus or malware attack. An anti-virus application is supposed to be able to protect the system from viruses and other malware attack. This application is in itself a threat to the computer system. The aim of the rogue Security Defender anti-virus application is to deceive the computer user into thinking that it is a hardworking legitimate security application. As soon as it sneaks into the computer system and gets activated it would begin to try to scare the PC user with Warnings and security Threats of viruses and malware detected. Read the rest of this post »

I got this stupid message from Win Security System saying that I have a virus called Trojan on my laptop and I’m kind of scared cause my original security protector did not pick up the virus. Is there any other way to get rid of this virus? I just don’t want to pay for another program and install it on my PC. And I’ve searched online and found that this Windows Security System is in fact a scam virus. How do I uninstall it completely?

Win Security System Rogue Software Introduction

Win Security System can be categorized as a rogue program that tries to bring many chaos on the victims’ computers. This kind of fake antivirus software usually will dress up like a legit PC protection program and pretend to provide protection services. With a deceiving appearance, it has successfully made many PC users pay even if it’s just been released in the last few days. How do we know that it’s an unfriendly program? First of all, rogue software like Win 7 Internet Security 2013 Virus Firewall Alert will install itself on compromised systems without the permission from the owners; and second of all, it will automatically run non-stoppable scanning through the infected computers; then, in order to remove detected troubles, money will be targeted to activate the program. Basically, these are the steps for PC hackers to collect money using this fake Win Security System from computer users worldwide. It has no boundaries and can spread over the networks.
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