PC Troubleshooting

Remove Fake Antivirus

There are so may fake antivirus spyware available today, which is a potential threat to all computer users. They are mostly distributed through malware, Trojans and web applications. These fake anti-viruses are developed by cyber criminals to make computer users believe that their PCs are infected and to make them purchase their products. It is worthless spending on purchasing these kinds of programs as they are just a waste of money and time. There more than 50 types of these viruses available today. So even if you cannot have an idea about all these it is good to have a basic knowledge about them as they gave similar characteristics and if you know the basics it is easier to identify potential threats.

These viruses are more harmful for inexperienced computer users as they may not be aware that their PC is under attack till there are signs of critical infection. These viruses are better to be detected as soon as possible and removed since they can alter, delete or replace your computer’s system files with ones of their own preference and take control of the performance of your computer. It is very important to know at least a few ways of identifying such a virus attack. You may probably not know that your computer is infected till the next time your boot your PC because some of these fake antiviruses needs a reboot to activate it. So before your turn off your PC make sure that your Security system is up-to-date and have performed a scan recently probably at the last time you turned on your PC. Most of these viruses are categorized according to the type of infections that it creates on your PC. If you are an experienced user it is very easy for you to detect these kinds of virus attacks. But even if you are not that much skilled there are some easy ways to identify the activities of these fake anti-viruses.

These fake anti-viruses run a scan on your computer automatically and show results that your computer is highly infected. If you had an active virus guard there is no way your system could be over powered by a huge amount of viruses, if your virus guard is a trusted one they will always detect several viruses as soon as they enter your PC. So if a scan shows an unbelievable number of viruses in your PC there is a possibility that a fake anti-virus is causing this problem. The next thing you will realize is that you will not be allowed to remove these viruses unless you purchase the full version of the virus removal. Do not ever try to purchase the full version.

Some of these viruses show pop-up windows from your task bar to distract you and try to make you think that the virus attacks it claims to identify in your PC are true ones and they are a threat to you. The best option is to prevent these kinds of virus attacks, but in case if it infects your PC you should always take necessary steps to remove it. Sometimes these fake antiviruses may not allow you to download any malware removal tools if this is the case you need to download them on another PC and write it on a disc or use it through a flash drive. Log on to safe mode of your computer and try to install the malware removal tools and let it scan your PC for fake antivirus files. This process will take some time and after it finishes review the results and remove the files which are related to the infection program. You may also have to reboot your system after the cleaning process is completed, if you can, it also good to restore your whole system to a protected state. This can be done by restoring your system from a backup which was taken before the virus attack. It may restore the system files which were infected or corrupted.

If you are having trouble with these fake virus attacks and removing them you should consult technical support. You can get help online from techies available to assist you with these problems. They have more experience and will know what to do as soon as you discuss you problem with them. It is cheaper and much easier to get help online and you can be satisfied that a complete job is done and your PC is protected.