2013年10月31日星期四

What is the Win32:somoto-F [pup]?

Win32:somoto-F [pup] is an annoying pop up while you are using the infected browser to search for something. When you are browsing a webpage, a window pops up and tells you that the current Google Chrome you are using now is out of date and you are recommend to update it to the latest version. For people who are accustomed to update software, they may not pay much attention to verify if they should allow updating or not and they may not sure if this pop up window is legal or not because we all know that some legitimate software do pop up the alert window to recommend people to install the latest version. But this alert window is different. It is a downloading link which is made to wait for a chance to bring malware or other threats into the target laptop. When you have clicked recommend download button, you opens a backdoor to allow virus in.

This Outdated Browser Detected virus contains many nasty unwanted malicious programs which have spread all over the world to fulfill its task. Having this popup means your computer is already invaded by some adware. It is usually brought by adware which seeks chance to make your laptop be infected. And to be noticed, this infection often comes with other threat like Trojan virus because Trojan horse is the most possible one this pop-up hijacker would carry with for its function is to make use of system vulnerabilities in the target system to encourage remote attacking. Trojan virus can be the nastiest virus that we should face while surf on the Internet. To avoid further infection, you need to avoid clicking download button and remove it quickly.
How to remove the Win32:somoto-F [pup]?

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