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October 2, 2010 / Guest / PC Hardware, PC Software, Tech / Leave a Comment

Stay Away From PC Defender

Many of us spend many hours daily in front of the computer, and most of this time is related to browsing the Internet. Given the computer is used so many times, we have to be sure that our system is well protected against any potential problems. When visiting various web pages, we often encounter Trojans of all kind. Some of them display messages saying that our computer is infected and it needs better protection so they recommend the installation of a program, which will afterwards adopt a different behavior than the one promised. Many badware will infect computers like the previous method explained. PC Defender is but such a badware. Double check here remove PC Defender has more infos about this virus.

A totally fake system scan of your PC will start soon after your PC has been infected. Then you will be asked to buy a full online (and fake) version of this program claiming it will clean your PC. Many people will lose their money paying for this full registered (and fake) version. When it is scanning your PC, this malware will but delete some good and useful files while creating new ones, modifying a lot your computer. Check this website remote computer repair is an online service to repair PC problems while this website computer virus removal to know more about such malware.

This malware will modify your browser’s settings and it will monitor your Internet connection. The consequences include the regular display of pop ups and ads, but they do not limit to this two complications. If you do try to access a given web site, PC Defender will redirect you to more compromised websites, full of trojans and such. This kind of program is also used by some bad companies trying to sell you their own products/services. Over time, if you don’t clean this rogueware, your PC will get infected with more malware and as a whole, it will perform very poorly.

As soon as you’re aware your PC has been infected, you should clean it immediately. For those good with computers, they can try first to delete this rogue program using manual instructions. They should of course backup the content of their PC. The second option is to use some automatic removal program.

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