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Your PC Protector: A New Threat You Should Be Aware Of

May 28, 2010/2 Comments/in Computer Security, Computer Virus /by admin

The protection of our PC is very important for almost every computer’s user.

Since we do use our PC every day, either at work or for personal use, we do need it to work without fail.

This is why it is very important to learn more about viruses and such that might compromise our PC.

A New Malware Threat Called Your PC Protector

Besides knowing how to delete them if appropriate. A recent threat that belongs to the malware family is being called “Your PC Protector“. This means that it is a program that tricks people into thinking it is actually an antivirus and has two purposes: to infect the computer and to steal money from users.

The following website computer virus removal has good info about virus removal.

Once installed on your PC, this rogue program will modify your browser’s settings. That will results that you will get lots of popups and ads. You will then have lots of troubles when visiting websites. This Malware will redirect you to others compromised websites.

This program was also designed to rob you. This spyware will claim that your PC has lots of infections. Then if you buy the online registered version of it, you will be able to repair your system.

How To Remove This Malware Threat

Here is how to remove Your PC Protector, you will find more info about removing this Malware while this site computer repair service is a great online repair service ready to help you to remove this virus.

When it comes to getting rid of the application, there are two options that has: manual removal or automatic removal of the virus. You should know more about each of these in order to be able to choose the option that fits you best.

You can find on the Internet the right application to help you do the automatic removal of Your PC Protector (aka Your PC Protection). You will be able with such an application to entirely scan your computer and to find all damaged files (because of this Malware).

One of the best programs for this is called Malware Bytes you can get a 30 day free trial of paid version.

After that, to repair or delete once for all those files will be done just in a few minutes. The manual removal of this Malware is more complicated and takes more time. Main reason being you have to find each file that has been infected.

This option is good for those with good knowledge of PC systems. If not, I suggest you choose the other automatic removal method.

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2 replies
  1. Google Redirect Virus
    Google Redirect Virus says:
    December 14, 2010 at 6:34 am

    Virus threats are very important as you have mentioned in this post. But do you know about the google redirect virus which is one of the most problematic virus right now and is not detected by even normal antivurses. Hope you write a post about it too.

    Reply
    • AdwareSpy
      AdwareSpy says:
      February 4, 2011 at 11:51 am

      Hi and thanks for the heads up…

      I had not heard of this so I will need to look into more.

      Reply

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