When most of us think of antivirus or anti-spyware software for our computers we believe that with these tools our PC and the information that is stored on it will be protected from the damaging effects of malicious software out there. in most cases this is the truth.
But there are some situations where a program you believed to be providing you with protection and peace of mind is actually what is causing the issues on your computer to begin with. Unless you know what to look for chances are that you will deceived from these types of software and do what they tell you to in an effort to restore proper functionality and security to your PC. One good example is software known as Windows Wise and if you get this on your PC you need to remove windows wise protection quickly.
The most common method of transition of this malware or virus is via compromised web sites that use pop up messages to tell you that there is already a virus present on your PC and that a free tool is available to scan your system. The scan that is performed at this point is rather impressive looking, but its all part of the deception. Because no matter if your computer is totally clean or not, you will be informed of several different infections. The message often looks something like this:
1. Warning - Several infectious files have been found on your computer
2. These programs create a dangerous for your computer and the data stored on it. Without proper action being taken your computer will be severally compromised and made vulnerable to countless other malicious programs too.
At this point you will be given the option to download and install the " full version" od this malware. But even if you decide to not download and install this software, no matter where you click on the screen, even to close the window the program will still be downloaded and installed without your knowledge or permission and you need to remove windows wise protection as soon as you see it on your computer.
If you wait too long to fix it the only course of action will be to completely wipe your computer and install windows and all your programs again. This is because once it gets on there it starts to corrupt windows and the registry and open a backdoor to other malware. This can be very expensive to fix.
To prevent this from happening you need to get rid of this malware fast.
This virus will prompt you to reboot your computer once the program has successfully made it onto your computer. When your computer comes back up, instead of normally going to your desktop you will be redirected to a screen from this malware that informs you that another scan is necessary. You can only get to your normal computer desktop by stopping the scan before it is finished. Once you make it to your desktop you will continue getting messages from the virus software warning you that there are currently several viruses, spyware and other malicious programs on your computer.
It will even provide you samples of what it finds. Most of the time though these samples are either legitimate files on your computer or place keepers or fake files put there by Windows wise protection to fake a computer infection.
You can see this is nothing more than an attempt to get you to purchase software that has no intention of actually protecting your PC. Your best solution is to download a system and registry scanner and remove windows wise protection quickly before it does real damage to your computer.
To do this is very easy. Just restart your computer in safe mode with networking, so any malware on your computer cannot start. Then download and run a system and registry scanner and do a full scan on your PC.
This will find any running malware and spyware and stop it for you in minutes. If your computer is infected with any malware or spyware or has suddenly started running slow scan it now. Doing this will give you a faster and more secure PC right away.
