Computer Repair & Virus Removal Blog;

A growing threat on the internet today is that of the rogue anti-virus infection, also known as “scareware”. This classification is used for any program that pretends to be an anti-virus utility, but is actually just a very noisy adware infection. It is often also accompanied by one or more Trojan infections, widely known for opening computer security holes and allowing all sorts of other undesirables in. XP Antivirus 2010 (shown below) is one such fraud.

Dr. Guard is a new rogue threat that our technicians have recently spotted and removed on customers PC. If you have Dr. Guard, it is a rogue virus itself that will infect into your system causing computer problems such as slow running computer, disconnection from internet, and constant pop ups. It also has been known to hijack .exe extension and cause the computer user the inability to open any .exe program.

Vista Guardian is one of the latest fake anti-viruses to cross the internet and infect on computers around the world. Our staff has categorized this as Malware and will be happy to assist in removing it.

Anti-virus 2010 Vista (Shown in picture) is a virus itself. It is not anti-virus software and is classified as malware and can be hazardous to your PC. The virus infects deep into the registry and in some instances has been found to root kit itself into system files. Removal of this virus is very difficult and the longer it is on your PC the more difficult it will become till it eventually corrupts your system. In tests we have found this virus bypasses the following security programs: AVG, Trend Micro, McAfee, and Norton.

Support Nerds Tech’s offer common signs that your computer is infected with a virus or malware. If you think you might have a virus, reading these red flags may help you verify if you need our assistance.