Internet users should be warned of a new, quickly spreading fake anti-virus software dubbed Security Defender. Cyber-crooks recently updated their arsenal of malicious money-stealing tools with this nasty parasite. Security Defender is a malevolent program that will deceitfully inform you about hundreds of viruses detected on your system also suggest they way of their disinfection. Many of our readers are familiar with the scheme that this virus uses: Security Defender will ask you to pay for its “full version” which is advertised as a powerful security software capable to remove detected malwares. You should NOT purchase this application, you will receive nothing but losing your money and exposing your financial information to the hackers. If you have already paid for this scam software, please contact your credit card company immediately and dispute the charges.
Here is a perfect analysis by security blogger Brian Krebs that fully describe the mechanism of the rogue market: The Nocebo Effect on theWeb: An Analysis of Fake Anti-Virus Distribution
You can get Security Defender infection when visit hacked or scam site, which will exploit a weakness in your Windows OS, and drop a Trojan on the PC. Once a Trojan finds a weak spot of the attacked system, it will install Security Defender. Next, just like Windows XP Internet Security 2012, the rogue will make some registry and system changes that will ensure it will autorun every time user starts Windows. Security Defender is created to pretend malware detection and elimination activity, so it starts running fake system scanners as soon as you reboot your computer. Along with that, you will receive numerous alerts and pop-up ads also interrupting while you are browsing the web.
All Security Defender windows inform about multiple infections detected which are, in fact, nothing but harmless Windows system files or nonexistent viruses:
Security Defender
External software tries to control variety of your system files. This may lead to breaking of some data in your system. Click here to protect remote access to your PC & delete these programs.
Security Defender
Your system has come under attack of harmful software. Click here to deactivate it.
Remove spyware and other potentially unwanted software
System Defender detected 18 harmful application(s).
It is recommended to clean your computer immediately.
Click this balloon to fix the problem.
You should definitely ignore these warnings and don’t fall into removing the “threats” found, because that may disturb your computer’s health and its performance. These phony scanners displayed by Security Defender rogue will additionally offer its licensed version – “the only program capable to remove the detections”.
All fake messages related to Security Defender malicious activity on your computer can be stopped by killing Security Defender process in memory and removing its files. This bogus program has nothing to do with a reliable computer security software. All the reported infections are made-up, the only harm to the computer is Security Defender itself. Please, remove Security Defender virus created only for ripping you off because it will drop more Trojans inside your computer. Use a legitimate anti-spyware program to remove Security Defender and protect your PC from other malware threats.
*SpyHunter’s free scanner is only for malware detection. If SpyHunter detects malware on your PC, you will need to purchase SpyHunter’s malware suite to remove the malware threats.