Moore Information Systems, LLC Fake Virus & Spyware Alerts; Beware Of These Dangerous Items

The most common method of infecting your PC is falling for a fake pop-up alert.  The intent of the fake pop-up is to convince you that the PC is already infected.  They offer to "help" you rid the PC of this imaginary infection by pressing a button presented on the pop-up screen.

Clicking anything other than the X button at the top-right of the pop-up will launch the Trojan installation program.  Once installed, you'll be inundated with pop-ups and reports of more "infections".  The only true infection is the fake remedy!  Here are some screen captures of several common fake "cleaners".

Completely fake.  If you have a real anti-spyware program installed on your computer,
it wouldn't alert you in this way.  The graphics are completely "un-PC", too.

Think about this one for a second.  You are simply surfing the Internet, and a friendly
program you've never heard of offers to clean a "Severe" threat from your computer.
How is that possible?  Were you running a scan while surfing?  Of course not.  Completely fake!  Clicking on ANY of the buttons presented will launch the REAL virus.  Beware!

There's no correct answer here.  Clicking Yes or No will launch the program.  The only safe way to stop this install is to close the entire Window at the red X on top.

Cleverly made to look like a real Windows Security Center alert, this pop-up
offers to "enable" your PC "protection" (whatever that is).
Clicking anything on the pop-up will launch the Trojan and infect your PC.

Amazing!  A random piece of software embedded into a web page is offering to "block this attack" if you'll simply "Activate Now!".  Completely fake and totally dangerous.

Another fake warning banner/pop-up offering to "Clean your computer" if you'll simply "activate" the program.  No Thanks.

Hmm, I thought Windows Security Center looked like the alert 3 examples up?
Fake in every way.  Don't fall for these tricks.

Hmmm, a long and wordy warning full of technical talk.  Must be real?  Wrong!
Completely fake.  Clicking any button will infect your PC.  Close the Window instead.

That porn site is offering "free" movies? Too good to be true?
All they ask is that I "install" this "multimedia decoder" so I can play the movie.
The "decoder" is nothing more than a powerful virus.  Sure, you might get to see
a video afterwards, but not because you installed a player.
Porn sites are the #1 source for Trojan and virus infections.

Here's another porn "video" installer.  Do yourself a big favor.
Stay away from these sites.

What a cute little cartoon man.  He looks helpful.
Without me knowing it, this little program has somehow magically scanned my PC
(impossible) and offered to "Fix" the selected items.
Close this box with the X at the top right of the screen.
Pressing any other button will infect your computer.

So helpful?  They are offering to "remove" the "threat".
Too bad this thing IS the threat!

Same type of deal.  Fake all the way around.
This one includes a pop-up bubble from the taskbar.
Clever, yet still completely fake and dangerous.

This official-Windows-looking pop-up is offering to stop a nasty Trojan
by prompting you to "Enable" the protection.  Completely fake.
If the anti-virus software is working, it will stop the Trojan automatically.
If it's not working (think about this for a second), how did the pop-up fake "warning"
alert you?  Did it just miraculously come to life in the nick of time?

Wow, this "antispyware" program is so powerful, it can detect infections before you
install it!  Now THAT's powerful!  FAKE!

 

	If you've unleashed one of these viruses onto your PC, give us a call.  We can unhook and destroy most any virus!