Warning ! Your Computer is Infected [rogue Antivirus]

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Warning ! Your Computer is Infected [rogue Antivirus]



 Why a Fake Antivirus?🤔"

Yes, and this is nothing new. There are indeed programs and other websites that deliberately scare you and push you to take action.

This action is as follows: it is about downloading their program which will "solve" the imaginary problems. This same program is often paying.

At best it will "solve" this false problem (it will therefore do nothing or almost nothing), and at worst it will infect you even though you think you have got rid of these "viruses" and other "problems", the height is- not?

Most of the time, you will have to pay for “premium” protection that is just as imaginary as the rest.

Note: All this applies very well to mobiles, and even more and more!

These bogus antiviruses are called rogue software. As Wikipedia says, this is an unethical marketing practice that aims to confuse the user, often with fear, into downloading the program or performing various actions.

How to Spot a False Antivirus?

  • These fake antiviruses generate regular and many alerts as if you were infected every day.
  • Even without being connected to the Internet, you can receive alerts.
  • The messages are very marketing: big buttons, texts in size 32, specific icons, and other pressure tactics.
  • Alerts may ask you to share warnings with other users "so they are in the know".
  • The look and the way of doing it seems unprofessional.
  • You have no real account, the program will call you not by name, but rather as you take a user generic.

During a real infection, you see distinctive signs such as new icons, your computer becomes slower (especially at startup), etc ...

How to Protect Against These Fake Antivirus?

  • We always fall back on advice number 1: be aware and aware of the risks. Hope this article has already helped you understand the problem better.
  • If ever these alerts appear on your computer, uninstall the program in question and run a scan with your real antivirus (more help for disinfection here ).
  • Do not click on alerts/warnings on websites (these are often advertisements that have no way of reading what is happening on your computer through the browser ).
  • Do not open e-mails that notify you of warnings and other viruses supposedly found on your computer.
  • Don't take contact information and other email addresses that are displayed in alerts seriously.
  • Avoid sites that ask you questions about your perception of viruses (fear of viruses) and which will therefore have a ready target to offer you their fake antivirus for download.
  • Ask for an informed opinion in the comments below if you are in doubt.

Important note: In order to make you believe that this or that antivirus finds more viruses than another, the real antivirus companies do not hesitate to look for the smallest beast either, the same for PC optimization tools.

I'm not saying they're lying to us but also trying to show us, to some extent, that they find more viruses than any other antivirus, without actually being a real one. virus or particular problem.

And that, the classic user loves. We often hear (and here!) That Antivirus A finds more viruses than Antivirus B which immediately becomes pathetic for them.

Antivirus A may have been able to better fool its users…?😉

Regarding the cleaning and optimization software, I'm talking about it as well. I would like to give the example of a certain TuneUP which offers me to empty my cache even though the goal of the cache IS to speed up the system! but some antivirus is good used its free antivirus.

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