Personal Antivirus Fake Infection
Personal Antivirus is a fake or ‘rogue’ program which should be removed from your computer. Its purpose is to scare you into buying its full version, which is nothing more than a useless peice of software with no ability to find or removal any real virus infections. Personal Antivirus will try to scare you by using popups and various fake system warnings.
The Personal Antivirus infection will slow your PC’s performance considerably.
1. The Personal Antivirus infection has the ability to record keystrokes of each and every username, password and bank account number that you type into your computer. In the wrong hands this private information can be used to hack your accounts and steal from you.
2.A Window and/or a system alert will appear impersonating Windows Security Center stating that you should purchase Personal Antivirus.
3.Numerous alerts stating that your computer is under attack or that you have malware running on your computer. If you click on these alerts, Personal Antivirus will be installed, or you will be brought to the purchase page for the program.
4.You might notice unusual shortcuts on your desktop that were not there before.
5.Your Internet Explorer browser will be hijacked to show security warnings when browsing the web that stop you from reaching your desired page.
Personal Antivirus should be removed immediately from your computer. Follow the removal guide below and you won’t break into a sweat! Personal Antivirus is a resistant virus. It won’t just leave your computer if you ask it to (through the normal uninstall process in Add/Remove Programs). Manual removal is a challenge since the infection builds its new home in many different locations on your hard drive. Unless you are very experienced at virus removal, it is likely that you will leave some of the associated files and registry keys behind that will reinstall the infection at a later date (’reinfectors’). Bearing all of this in mind, for the vast majority of computer users, an automatic removal tool will be the best option. Malwarebytes is a very effective and trusted malware removal program. Download and install the free version of this software. Run the ‘Quick Scan’. This will only take about 10 minutes or so & will automatically remove the Personal Antivirus infection. It is likely that if Personal AntiVirus was on your computer, other infections will have crept in as well. It would be wise to follow up the Malwarebytes scan with a full scan using your own existing AntiVirus software.
Stop This kind of thing happening again
1. Keep your version of Windows up to date. Make sure that Automatic Updates is enabled on your computer and is scheduled for a realistic time when you are likely to be online. Dont forget to update other software to prevent hackers exploiting old versions.
2.Get some decent Antivirus and AntiSpyware software installed. The free alternatives are struggling to fight against these new stronger viruses.
3.Finally, if you use p2p software, ease off or stop altogether. In pracatice, a large proprotion of viruses are downloaded from the file sharing networks.
Hopefully you have followed the advice given here and got rid of the Personal Antivirus infection. Don’t forget to beef up your internet security to prevent future infections and run some full antivirus scans to check for other signs of infection.
Get more information on Personal Antivirus infection, head to http://www.personalantivirus.org.uk
Want to find out more about Personal Antivirus, then visit Bob Williams’s site on Personal Antivirus Removal.
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