Remove Windows Secure Surfer Fake Antivirus
When Windows Secure Surfer enters your computer, it would give its best to convince you that you need to purchase its full version, but you should stay away! This is not a security tool, but a virus, designed to look like a legitimate anti-virus program in order to gain profit by unsuspecting users.
You may have come across other programs, which belong to the same malware group. These fake applications try to scare you into thinking that your computer is at great security risk by showing fake virus-reports. Due to the fact that they have very cunning layouts, they manage to trick you, and you gradually start believing that they are real anti-virus tools. Then, you are lured into buying their fake license, and it is a great shock for most users when they find out that what they purchased is not actually an anti-virus vendor, since it does nothing to remove viruses.
Windows Secure Surfer screenshot
Windows Secure Surfer uses counterfeit malware scanners in order to promote itself. They are placed in corrupted, but seemingly legitimate websites, and when you land on them, the scanners promise you a free scan of your PC system. All scans are the same – they claim that there are many infections inside your computer and prompt you to download a security tool. The file they offer you to download, however, is the installation file of the virus – Windows Secure Surfer.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to prevent yourself from becoming a victim of this parasite, because it also uses Trojans as distributors. They do not ask for your authorization in order to bring Windows Secure Surfer inside your computer. They lie in wait in hacked websites and need just one click from you in order to sneak into your PC system. Their main task when on the inside is to download the phony program.
Windows Secure Surfer configures itself to start automatically on the machine it has infected. The malware performs frequent scans of the system and tries to mislead you that you need to cope with a number of infections. Then, you are urged to buy the full version of Windows Secure Surfer, which is advertised as an extremely efficient virus-fighter. The villain will not give up until you land on its purchase webpage. There, it wants you to provide all your personal and credit card details, but you should not do so! It does not only aim at charging your credit card for the fake full version, it wants you to give out your personal information so that hackers can use it in the future, as well.
The fake alerts, shown below, are only a small part of all the warnings, produced by the fake software:
Warning
Firewall has blocked a program from accessing the Internet
C:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
is suspected to have infected your PC. This type of virus intercepts entered data and transmits them to a remote server.
Error
Attempt to modify Registry key entries detected.
Registry entry analysis recommended.
These pop-ups should not scare you, because they are completely counterfeit. What you should do is to run a full scan of your computer system with a legitimate anti-virus tool and eliminate the intruder now!
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