Security Protection Fake Rogue Scareware Removal by Britec.co.uk What this infection does: Security Protection is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as Malware Protection. This rogue displays false scan results in order to trick you into thinking that your computer is infected. When this infection is installed on your computer it will be configured to start automatically. Once started it will scan your computer and list numerous infections, but if you attempt to remove any of these so-called infections it will state that you first need to purchase the program in order to remove anything. As these scan results are all fake, please do not purchase this program based upon anything it states. While running, Security Protection will also display fake security alerts on your computer. These security alerts are used to make you think that there are various security problems on your computer. The text of one of these alerts is: Security Warning Malicious program has been detected. Click here to protect your computer. In order to protect itself, Security Protection will also not allow you to run most executables on your computer. When you attempt to run an executable you will instead be greeted with a message that states that the program is infected. The text of this message is: taskmgr.exe can not start File taskmgr.exe is infected by W32/Blaster.worm. Please activate Security Protection to protect your computer. Just like the fake scan results, these fake alerts …
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Security Protection Fake Rogue Scareware Removal by Britec
