As you know, while you are browsing the Internet you can easily become one of the latest victims of hackers. Even without your knowledge or approval, malicious applications can penetrate into your computer and infect it. Fake tools created by cyber criminals are known to be most often aimed at making you pay for the useless full version of the software when, in fact, the program is not able to provide you with any reliable or effective services. This is the case with one of the latest creations of hackers – BootCare. This bogus software is reported to have been produced for the Korean market. This is a fake anti-malware application that pretends to be a reliable and effective AV tool. However, the truth is that BootCare is a scam program aimed at misleading unsuspecting PC users into paying for its useless services. BootCare would do anything to deceive more and more users into purchasing its full version. From annoying warnings to fake scan results – these are only some of the tricks BootCare uses to lure PC owners.
Figure 1. BootCare screenshot
If you see some strange warnings that are popping up on your desktop, and you see that they are displayed by a program called BootCare, you have to know that obviously this intruder has managed to enter into your computer and root itself deep in the system. If you wonder how your computer was infected with this malicious attacker, you have to know that BootCare uses different ways to penetrate into targeted systems. One of the ways BootCare uses to get into computers is through the use of peer-to-peer software. If you use some P2P application, the safety of your PC is in danger. It becomes vulnerable and can be infected with malicious files. Another way of infecting computers is through the use of freeware. BootCare comes together with the freeware and is downloaded to your PC without your knowledge. It does not need even your approval to get into the machine. The third way used to spread BootCare is via malicious web pages. The pages have the ability to detect vulnerabilities in programs running on targeted PCs. After that these vulnerabilities are used to transfer the infection to the machine. Automatic updates can also be used to transfer BootCare to computers all over the world.
If your computer is infected with BootCare, the fake tool will turn it into a complete mess. It will slow the performance of the PC. Moreover, you will notice that there are new icons on your desktop, but you do not know anything about them. BootCare also displays fake security warnings that tell you about serious system errors and problems. These warnings will pop up again and again, even if you want to close them. The fake security tool will also make a fake scan of your system and will try to lure you into thinking you need to purchase its full version to remove the infected files that BootCare has detected.
To scare you into thinking your PC is in real danger, BootCare will hijack your browser and redirect your searches to malicious and compromised web pages. These insecure web sites will pose a great rick at your machine, as they will make it possible for other computer viruses to be downloaded to your PC.
BootCare is not a reliable and effective anti-malware tool. On the contrary, it has to be removed. Otherwise, your computer and information will be in danger.
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