Rogue Antivirus Tools SafetyPC

Aug.11, 2010 in Internet

Since a while, computer users have been under attack, more and more, by various viruses that are spreading over the Internet via Trojans. Some of those viruses are part of the spyware/malware category. They are very difficult to deal with. Not only that they are very hard to be removed, but they are not easy to be identified on the computer either. One of those programs is called SafetyPC. Such program will install itself on a given system. Then it will say it is protecting the computer from any problems like viruses and more. When you want some online help with removing such a threat, check here Remote Computer Repair.

Users are easy to be tricked by Safety PC, as the program begins a fake scan of the computer immediately after its installation for it to gain credibility. But, rather than checking viruses and such, this tool will create new files on your system and will also delete any useful files associate with actual antivirus programs you do have. This threat will then ask you to purchase its registered version. This is the only way, according to SafetyPC, to delete from your PC all the previously reported files part of those (non existent !) viruses. Many people believe that their PC is at high risks and pay the money for this illicit tool in the hope for a better protection. To remove spyware from your PC, this site Best Spyware Remover has lots of infos about the best spyware remover.

There are however a few signs that can tell you that the computer is infected with Safety PC or other similar applications:

- Your computer will be a lot slower than usually
- You will have problems and such surfing the Web – this virus will modify the settings of your web browsers so you will be redirected to hacked sites
- You will get lots of popups and commercial ads so you won’t be able to function correctly with your PC

When it comes to SafetyPC or any other fake anti virus tool you need to keep in mind to never pay the money for the “full versions” of these programs. Also, regarding its removal, you should choose to use an automatic tool instead of the manual removal process so that you won’t do more damages to the computer than the malicious application already did.