Security Monitor 2012 is a newly-appeared fake anti-virus program, sibling to Security Solution 2011. Such programs are also called scareware since they exploit a variety of scare-tactics in order to make the users believe there is a number of viruses in their computer systems. Then the malicious software prompts its victims to purchase its bogus full version.
Just like many other rogues, Security Monitor 2012 uses the help of Trojans, hidden in compromised websites to enter the targeted machines. Unfortunately, mere clicking through such a website is enough for the Trojans to sneak into the PC without the user’s knowledge, and when inside – they immediately open the computer up for the rogue infection. Therefor, we recommend you to avoid following suspicious links or clicking through seemingly fishy websites.
To begin with, Security Monitor 2012 starts creating a number of harmless files in the Windows Temp folder. They are later on used to scare the victim into believing they are viruses. As soon as it is installed, the malicious program also produces great many bogus alerts and notifications, which warn about non-existing security threats. These pop-ups do not seize to appear unless you remove the application causing them – Security Monitor 2012. Some of them are:
Your computer might be at risk
Antivirus detects viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. They can (and do) destroy data, format your hard disk or can destroy the BIOS. By destroying the BIOS many times you end up buying a new motherboard or if the bios chip is removable then that chip would need replacing
Antispyware software warning
Your computer is infected with spyware and malware. Last scan results: 364 infected files found! Click this notification to fix the problem.
System critical warning!
You have been infected by a proxy-relay Trojan server
Security Center
Unauthorized remote connection!
Your system is making an unauthorized personal data transfer to a remote computer!
Warning! Unauthorized personal data transfer is detected! It may be your personal credit card details, logins and passwords, browsing habits or information about files you have downloaded.
To protect your private data, please click “Prevent Connection” button below.
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Right after the first few alerts, the rogue’s scanning window pops-up and starts a phony scan of the system. A whole list of infections is displayed at the end of it, but please note that the files in it are the same harmless ones that Security Monitor 2012 has created during the first stage of its malicious plan. Every time a scan is performed, the villain prompts the victim to purchase its counterfeit full version. The sign at the bottom of the scanning window is:
“Trial Version” means a version of the Software to be used only to review, demonstrate and evaluate the Software for an unlimited time period. Converting to a full license is easy! Activate
In case you come across this fraudulent software, you should be aware that its so-called “licensed version” is as useless as the trial one. It can neither detect nor remove viruses, because it is one itself.
Figure 1. Security Monitor 2012 fake scan
In addition to all its other tricks, the rogue can also hijack the victim’s browsers and block other programs present in the computer system. Security Monitor 2012 stops opera.exe, wmplayer.exe, mspaint.exe, wordpad.exe, excel.exe and some other executables as soon as the user tries to run any of them. The deceitful program then displays the following warning:
Security Monitor 2012
The application [name].exe was launched successfully but it was forced to shut down due to security reasons. This application infected by a malicious software program which might present damage for the PC. It is highly recommended to make a full scan of your computer to exterminate the malicious programs from it.
There are two main purposes behind this action – by blocking other software, the rogue tries to scare the victim even more, by declaring that malware has corrupted the given application. What is more, this is also an attempt to prevent itself from being detected from any anti-virus program that may be installed on the computer.
In conclusion, Security Monitor 2012 is not a program that can be trusted. It is just one of the numerous hacker scams, created only to mislead victims into spending their money on a fraud and filling cyber criminals’ pockets. Do not let this malicious software victimize you, but remove Security Monitor 2012 immediately via a genuine AV tool.
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