2014年2月12日星期三

stealth website logger Virus – How to Remove Rogue Antivirus

I currently have a stealth website logger popup on my computer. Does this program belong to Microsoft? I don’t remember getting it online. It just comes on to my PC and aggressively blocks me from running the system properly. It even reports many infections in the system while my normal antivirus does nothing. Do I trust this unfamiliar program and activate it? How do I uninstall this stealth website logger rogue?

stealth website logger Virus – How to Remove Rogue Antivirus

The pop-up stealth website logger on computer is categorized as a rogue from the Rogue.WinWebSec family. This PUP (potentially unwanted program) is designed by cyber criminals with a deceitful appearance. To most computer users, it looks just like a regular antivirus program. But it’s not! This kind of PC threat (also known as fake antivirus program) is known for its ability to confuse and fool ordinary PC users with legitimate antivirus applications. By modifying the default environment of a targeted system and disabling the authentic antivirus on the PC, this stealth website logger virus can report many fake detected infections to users and so as to further scam them into signing up for a rogue software. Computer users are warned to uninstall this rogue ASAP no matter how trustworthy it looks to you.

From the above screen shot of this rogue, we probably cannot find anything suspicious or doubts about this program. Similar to Antivirus Security Pro virus or Attentive Antivirus virus, this stealth website logger rogue is well designed by computer hackers in order to convince more PC users that it’s legit. The more people are convinced, the more computer hackers can benefit. We shouldn’t trust any unfamiliar software from the Internet especially those that get on our computers without consent.

Even though stealth website logger virus looks like regular antivirus and performs in the same patterns, it’s still different than authentic antivirus programs in many ways. Soon as the rogue arrives, it will automatically change the system settings and make it the startup process of the system so that the rogue screen can be displayed each time the PC is started. Security checks will be automatically run through the system which seems to be helpful. But each time you attempt to launch other executable programs (for instance, Internet Explorer) on the computer, you will be instantly blocked by the popup screen of this stealth website logger rogue. It probably says that the program(s) you attempt to run contain(s) viruses. Also, many detected infections will be reported after the security checks. Now, in order to remove all these infections and fix other issues on the PC, you will be asked to sign up and activate this rogue to gain its full effects. Please note: this stealth website logger is a rogue program so it doesn’t have any “full” or “registered” version; and all the infections you get are fake statements generated by this rogue to threaten you and convince you into purchasing this scam virus.

Ways for This Rogue Software To Distribute Online

We say that this stealth website logger virus can get on computers without users’ consent. It doesn’t need permissions from PC users to be installed. This is due to its way of distribution online. Bundling is a very popular way to help these malicious programs distribute and attack different computers around the globe. Computer hackers can bundle this rogue with suspicious links or sites, unknown freeware or spam email attachments. Once computer users log on these webs or download unauthorized programs/attachments, they can at the same time install this stealth website logger virus on their PCs without knowing. Hence, a good manner on the Internet can somehow reduce the chances for you to get into this scam trap.

stealth website logger Rogue Virus Chaos

1. Default system settings will be modified and legit antivirus can be disabled;
2. The rogue software will constantly pop up and launch system scans without consent;
3. Fake infections are reported and misleading security alerts are displayed constantly;
4. Users are blocked from running other programs on the system because the programs contain viruses;
5. Confidential info of users can be collected by this rogue to help cyber criminals conduct illegal cyber scam activities.

Most of us have different antivirus programs to protect our PCs from all kinds of cyber threats. But not all of them are as legit and helpful as others, especially when the programs are installed without consent. For instance, this stealth website logger rogue is a fake antivirus but pretends as legit as possible to scam innocent PC users. Once the rogue program is installed, it will automatically launch security checks through the system and report many fake infections to you. And your attempts to launch other programs on the system will usually fail because of the constant blocks of this unwanted software. By creating all kinds of chaos on the PC, stealth website logger virus is trying to force victims to pay for its “registered” version which doesn’t even exist. Once users pay to active this rogue program, they will be scammed by computer hackers on the other ends. Hence, we shouldn’t trust this kind of unfamiliar software or any others that just pop up on our PCs, especially when they require us to pay. Scams can be achieved in this way. Remove this stealth website logger virus as soon as you have noticed it’s a scam virus.

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