Lately, there has been a lot of fake antivirus program running on the Internet. PC users are tricked into buying fake antivirus programs by online scammers. The recent finding of fake antivirus is the Vista Antivirus 2012. According to security experts, scammers are operating the same fake Vista Antivirus 2012 program by two different names — Win 7 Antispyware 2012 and XP Security 2012.

Sources have it that once the bogus Vista Antivirus 2012 gets into the system; it cannot be uninstalled using the system ‘Add/Removal’ tool. However, Enigma Software Group has released a report on how to easily remove the fraudulent Vista Antivirus 2012.

According to reports, the counterfeit Vista Antivirus 2012 was designed in such a way that the look and interface were similar to the genuine one. The fake antivirus mislead PC users by giving false alerts of malicious threats and even blocking web browsers from accessing antivirus websites. Users were later misguided into buying Vista Antivirus 2012 by displaying false security warnings, saying that their system are at risk. This way, the scammers earned their money by tricking PC users.

Online scammers promote their fake antivirus programs in two ways:

1. Fabricated antivirus scanners on the Internet. When users scan there PC online, it shows false security warning and asks users to download files that will help them in removing the malicious worms in their system.

2. The other way is through hacked websites. When you visit such websites hacked by scammers, the fake antivirus program gets installed on your system automatically without your permission.

There are lots of phony antivirus programs running on the Internet in different names, so keep an eye when you scan your PCs online. Some of the forged names are — XP Security 2012, Vista Security 2012, Win 7 Internet Security 2012, and lots more. The list is never ending.

Microsoft Windows 7 malware removal tool is a security product released from Microsoft. This is a software product which updates itself on a particular day and this helps the user to scan the system and removing malwares easily. This uses the signature based scanning with the Signature data base which update on a monthly basis. Since this database contains all malware definitions you can easily detect and remove all the malwares from the system. This can work to prevent the malwares and all Viruses. This software can be downloaded through the Windows Update option in the system. If the Automatic update option is turned on, you don’t need to worry about the installation and running of the system.

Comparison of Microsoft Windows XP malware removal tool and Antivirus products

• Performing a scan with Microsoft XP malware removal tool
• Removing malicious files
• Difference

Performing a scan with Microsoft XP malware removal tool

When a threat is detected in the system the Microsoft Windows XP malware removal tool software would recommend a full system scan which is recommendable. While performing a full system scan the system would first perform a quick scan then a full system scan. Even if the quick scan does not detect any threat you need to complete the full system scan in your computer.

Protects PC

Microsoft Windows XP malware removal provides advanced protection for your computer. This tool will help your computer to stay protected from a wide range of threats. The presence of malware programs can critically affect your system performance. The installation of Microsoft Windows XP malware Removal Tool in your computer will ensure the protection of your system and system performance.

Difference

An antivirus product is a software which can protect your system from the latest Virus threats. This product can scan for virus in the system and remove the infection if anything is detected. Microsoft Windows XP malware removal tool provides post infection removal of malicious software and could only remove malicious software from an already-infected system. Antivirus products can also block malicious software from running in your system. An Antivirus can only remove those threats which are running in the system

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Virus is a very harmful piece of software. It would block both software and hardware performance. Thereby, your system performance gets down or you could get false output for some program. So, you need to remove this virus software from your system. In order to remove virus from your system you need to install software programs like antivirus software, anti spyware software etc. Trojan virus, Autorun Virus, Google redirect virus etc are some viruses which are able to alter the system performance. System requirements may vary for different virus protection software. To install virus protection software, your system needs to run with 500 MHz processor. 256 MB RAM is needed for running this software. Also, in order to store the files and folders for the Virus protection software in the hard disk it needs around 10 MB space. If you install this program without meeting the system requirement, you may face many errors during its processing or installation.

Given below are the tips to remove viruses and malicious content from Windows 7 system:

• Antispyware program installation
• Install Antimalware program
• Online scanning

Antispyware program installation

Spyware Doctor, Microsoft Antispyware Beta, Spybot – Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware SE, SpyHunter, eTrust PestPatrol etc are the examples of Antispyware program. You could use all these tools to remove all virus programs from your system. These Antispyware softwares are able to detect and kill adware or spyware infected in your system. Antispyware program also prevents its attacks. So it keeps your system safe.

Install Antimalware program

Antimalware software is able to block the access of malicious sites to your system. You could easily protect your system from virus programs. You could choose latest Antimalware program from Internet. Updates for the malware program would help to increase the whole system performance as updates software contains new features and has the ability to detect the presence of new virus program.

Online scanning

One of the good methods to remove virus infection from your system is online scanning. In order to perform online scanning you need to visit the Antivirus software sites like bitDefender, ESET online scanner, etc. After opening these websites you could see the option to perform online scanning. The main advantage of this method is that you need not install any antivirus software in your system. Online scanning could be performed free of cost.

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Online scanning provides scanning to remove any kinds of malicious software. Kaspersky online scanners, ESET Online Scanner, F-Secure Online Scan, McAfee FreeScan etc are the examples of online virus scan tools. In order to perform online scanning you need to visit manufacturer’s site and select the option for scanning. It performs the whole system scanning. After the scanning, it would display the scanning report also. Online scanning tool provides superior proactive detection. By detecting and removing new and unknown virus threats in your system it would protect your system. Online virus scan tools are able to provides an updated check. This would help to check whether your system is safe from the latest viruses.

Given below the ways to scan the entire computer using various online antivirus scanners:

• ESET online scanner
• F-Secure Online Scan
• Kaspersky online scanner

ESET online scanner

ESET Online Scanner is an easy-to-use, free and powerful Antivirus security tool. Using this you could remove any malicious software from any computer utilizing your web browser. In order to run this tool you need to visit http://www.eset.com/online-scanner site. Then you could see the option to run ESET Online scanner. After selecting this option you need to download the ESET Smart Installer. If the downloading is finished, you need to run downloaded file. While running the downloaded file you need to agree with the License Agreement. After the installation, if you have good Internet connection you could easily perform the online scan. After scanning, it would display the detailed scan report.

F-Secure Online Scan

You could scan and clean up your system easily with free of charge with F-Secure Online Scanner. In order to perform the Online Scanning using F-Secure you need to visit the http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA-Labs/security-threats/tools/online-scanner website. Without the latest version of Java you could not run the F-Secure Online Scanner. After downloading and installing the latest version of Java program you could continue the launching process of F-Secure Online Scanner.

Kaspersky online scanner

Kaspersky online scanner is software to detect the presence of malicious software like malware, spyware, adware etc in your system. By visiting the http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner site you could see the option to run online scanning. The main difference between Kaspersky online scanner and other scanner tool is that you need not install Kaspersky online scanner in your system. Here you need to specify the file which you want to scan. After specifying the file name you need to press the Submit button. After the scanning it would display the scan report, contains the details about all infected malicious software.

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• Update drivers and security to protect against online threats.
• Connect to Internet, devices and peripherals.

Scan is the process of detecting the presence of installed malicious programs in your system. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is able to detect, remove and prevent the malicious programs infections from your system. In order to run scanning using Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool you need to visit www.microsoft.com and download and install this tool. After installing it you need to select the option to perform scanning. After the scanning it would display the scanning report. Scan report contains all details about the infected malicious program. You need to use antivirus program to remove it from your system. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is specially designed for Windows Operating System.

Given below are some problems that may arise while performing the system scan:

• Slow system performance
• Data loss
• Slow scanning

Slow system performance

While performing the system scan, if your system has many running application programs you may face slow system performance. By updating the RAM you could resolve this problem to an extent. Also, you could stop the application programs running through Task Manager. For this, you need to open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+ Shift + Esc button simultaneously. Then you need to select all other program except scanning and press the End Task button.

Data loss

After performing the system scanning it would display the scan report. Scan report contains the malware infected file and option to kill that malware program. If you choose that option malware removal will clean infected files from your system. Thereby, you may face data loss. To resolve this problem you need to choose Repair option. Repair option would allow saving the data and removing the malware program.

Slow scanning

You may face slow scanning issues while performing the whole system scanning. This is because the whole system scanning needs long time to complete if your system contains many files. To resolve this problem you need to remove all unwanted file and folder from your system. Upgrading the RAM also resolves this problem.

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Windows 7 is the latest and the best Operating System from Microsoft. As this OS has become very popular and is used by millions of users around the world, many computer viruses or malware have been specifically designed to cause problems with the OS. Computer viruses are programs that can install themselves on a computer and change the functions of the system. Because of the potential risk of virus infections, Microsoft has added a default firewall to the Windows 7 OS. Unlike the previous versions of Windows OS, Windows 7 has been installed with a two-way firewall. Firewall filters out the malicious content coming into the system and helps prevent malware infections from getting installed on the system. As the firewall in Windows 7 provides two-way protection, even if the system is infected with a malware, users would not have to apprehend about the malware sending out information from the system. If the Windows 7 enabled computer gets infected with a virus, many problems such as blue screen errors, startup issues, application corruption etc. Therefore, it is better to protect the system from malware rather than trying to remove them later on.

Following details give users more information regarding tips to protect Windows 7 enabled PCs from viruses:

• Antivirus programs
• Configuring firewall
• Increase Browser security

Antivirus programs

The best way to protect Windows 7 computers from malware is installing antivirus programs. Antivirus programs contain database of definitions of malware and these definitions are used to compare the behavior of malware and to prevent them from getting installed on the system. Windows 7 users can either use the default Windows Defender antivirus program or install any other compatible antivirus program such as Norton AntiVirus to enhance the protection of the system.

Configuring firewall

The firewall on Windows 7 computers filter out the contents coming into the system and prevent viruses/malware from infecting the system. To protect Windows 7 computers, users are recommended to configure the firewall in such a way that the firewall on the system is always on. Also, users should ensure that all network related applications such as web browsers and download management software are allowed to access information only through the firewall thereby reducing chances of infection.

Increase Browser security

Majority of all viruses/malware infect Windows enabled computers through the browser of the system. All Windows 7 users are recommended to enhance the security settings of the browser in such a way that the browser automatically blocks all websites that are known to have malicious content. Blocking such websites can ensure that the website is not able to place tracking cookies on the system and this can protect the system from viruses threat to a great extent.

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Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is a security product released from Microsoft in early 2005. This software product updates itself on a particular day and this helps the user to scan PC and remove malware easily. This uses the signature based scanning with the Signature database which updates on a monthly basis. Since this database does not contain any malware definitions, you could not use this as removal tool; instead this will work to prevent the malware. For this reason, you need to install any additional antivirus software into the system even though Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool runs in the system. This software can be downloaded through the ‘Windows Update’ option in the system. If the ‘Automatic Update’ option is turned on, then you don’t need to worry about the installation and running of the system.

You could find more details about the malware removal process and the issues and the resolving methods here:

• Working of Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Issues that may occur Tips to fix issues
• Issues that may occur
• Tips to fix issues

Working of Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

You could start working with the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool by typing ‘MRT’ in ‘Run’. You just need to press ‘Enter’ in the following window. You could select either ‘Quick Scan’ or ‘Full Scan’. ‘Customized Scan’ is also available for selective type of scanning. If you select the ‘Full Scan’ option, then this will start to scan the entire hard disk.

Issues that may occur

Some types of issues may occur while removing viruses from the registry. Since this stores details about all the applications installed in to the system, removal of viruses may result in data loss. Some files related to any of the existing applications will be removed from the registry. Thus the applications will stop working. Entire system process will be changed due to this.

Tips to fix issues

You could take backup of the registry. This is one of the best methods to avoid data loss. Before scanning the registry with any of the cleaners, you need to take backup of the registry. This will help you to restore any files if data loss happens during the removal. It’s better to remove viruses using any of the third party removers. The chance of data loss in this case is less than the normal removal process.

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The adware and Trojan horse are the dangerous forms of malware that can invade different computer systems. These malware are the main cause for the entry of the hacker to completely control over the target system. Efficient antivirus programs prevent and eliminate these malwares.

In this section, we are going to discuss about how adware and Trojan horse infect computer, affect the performance of a computer and how to get rid of these malwares:

• Exploring adware and Trojan horse of computer
• How adware and Trojan horse affect the computer
• Simple tips to protect PC from adware and Trojan horse

Exploring adware and Trojan horse of computer

Adware is primarily a software type that gets downloaded on computer to display advertisements in the form of noninvasive banners. Adware is usually being used by the company that designs and avail freeware as a way to increase the revenue. Adware running in background of freeware program will exhibit advertisement whenever user utilizes that program. However, Trojan horse is a type of malware that is not self replicating. They look as if they are performing a desirable function for the user, but, they actually forward an unauthorized access to the users’ computer. With help of such Trojan horse, hackers get the chance to remotely access the target PC.

How adware and Trojan horse affect the computer

Adware will not only monitor the sites that user visits normally but will also monitor the computer usage of user to effectively form a profile. This profile will be further used as information for advertising campaigns. Adware can affect the working of the system by making it unstable and worsening its performance. In case of Trojan horse, as it gets installed in the PC it will allow the hacker to carry out different operations which are limited by the prestige of the user. These operations can be spamming, Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attacks or even data thefts which include stealing of users’ credit card and password information. The hackers get complete control over the target PC and will cause the maximum damage to the user and as well as the PC.

Simple tips to protect PC from adware and Trojan horse

The user can invariably control the PC from attacks of adware and Trojan horse by installing the efficient antivirus security software which will highly scan and eradicate these harmful infections of system. Though Trojan horse can be removed manually but the user should have a full understanding of how that Trojan horse operates. Users should completely erase the data from the existing system and avail a new operating system on the computer. Thus, users can keep the system safe by saving more storage space on computer and eventually avoid the crashing of the system.

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PC Power Boost Service is a specialized service offered by Symantec Corporation. It primarily deals with cleaning up the computer system. It does this by deleting unused programs that accumulate on the computer system over a period of time. Such unused and unnecessary files and programs slow down the speed of the PC. Therefore, it is highly essential to delete such unnecessary files and programs in order to restore the maximum speed of your computer.

The following points include information on PC Power Boost Service and its benefits and usability:

• How PC Power Boost Service Offers Protection against Virus and Other Online Threats
• Usability of This Product
• How This Service Affects System’s Performance

How PC Power Boost Service Offers Protection against Virus and Other Online Threats

This service offered by Symantec Corporation is capable of securely connecting the computer to the Internet and configuring and optimizing Internet Explorer® settings for faster web browsing. This modifies antivirus to achieve maximum efficiency of action of this software. Improved efficiency means the antivirus software will be able to detect the virus and take action faster. Quicker response and action to removing the virus reduces the chances of the infection on the computer. PC Power Boost Service updates operating system of the computer and enhances its security settings. Updating security settings improves the system’s defense to virus attacks. The database of the system will be able to detect the complicated viruses that try to gain access of the computer.

Usability of This Product

PC Power Boost Service does several things to enhance the security and safety of the computer. It removes unnecessary files, and removes unused programs. This reduces the load of the files on the computer’s memory and thereby results in improving its performance. It enables the computer and the programs installed on it to remain in perfect working condition. It improves the general system performance by freeing up disk space and memory. It does this through getting rid of unused programs, unnecessary files, and optimizing the computer’s virtual memory. PC Power Boost Service is capable of modifying the settings of the browser installed on your PC. This improves the speed of web browsing and Internet surfing. Moreover, the service helps in getting rid of unwanted icons from the desktop.

How This Service Affects System’s Performance

PC Power Boost Service improves the system’s performance by a great margin. It can cleanup, tune-up and accelerate the entire system. This makes the computer to run faster like a brand new machine. It can find and delete files that reduce the virtual memory of the computer. In this case, it increases the virtual memory hence improving the system’s performance. It provides the information about the computer’s settings. This eliminates the cost of hiring someone to check the system for slow performance. By configuring the computer’s start-up programs and settings, it can decrease the time taken for the computer to boot. It carries out a test and evaluation of the computer’s performance to identify and resolve problems. This ensures that the computer works properly and if any problem is found, it is fixed.

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Avail the technical services to detect and remove viruses from your PC with the help of an efficient virus finder. Our tech experts can help to remove worms and viruses from your operating system to prevent Internet hackers from stealing your confidential information to meet their illegal purposes.

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