What is Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses?
If a warning claiming that Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses has been displayed to you, it does not mean that your system has been infected with any malicious application. The chances are high that a fake alert has been displayed to you seeking to scare you and convince you to take certain actions. Fake warnings claiming that malware has been detected usually seek to convince users to dial the telephone number they promote or downloading certain software for deleting malware. In most cases, cyber criminals pick up the phone if the number is dialed, whereas it often turns out that promoted software is untrustworthy or even malicious. Therefore, if you have been presented with Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses, you should close it right away. Unfortunately, it does not mean that it cannot reappear on your screen even if you do not pay any attention to it and close it the second it is displayed to you. If you see the message claiming that malware has been found on your PC no matter what you do, e.g. no matter your browser is closed or you surf the Internet, there is a huge possibility that some kind of untrustworthy application is active on your computer and needs to be removed ASAP to make sure fake alerts do not show up on the screen ever again. Our specialists say that advertising-supported applications (adware) are usually the ones responsible for displaying various pop-ups and opening domains with fake messages, so we suspect that you might have an ad-supported application installed on your computer too if you cannot get rid of the Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses fake alert.
What does Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses do?
Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses tries to convince users that the scan has “found possible traces of (3) malware and (1) phishing/spyware.” Users are also told that they can only prevent “further system damage, loss of personal data, photos and passwords” only by cleaning their computers. Surprisingly, the fake alert analyzed by specialists at anti-spyware-101.com did not contain any telephone number and did not promote any “antimalware software,” so it is unknown what are the real motives behind it. Of course, several different versions of this fake alert might exist. If you see a message with a telephone number, or it contains a link some kind of application can be downloaded directly from, make sure you do not take any action, i.e. do not dial the telephone number and do not click on the link even if you have found the alert quite convincing because we are 100% sure that it is completely fake. Because of this, you should close it the second it is displayed to you. As mentioned, it does not mean that it will not be reopened because it might be closely associated with untrustworthy software installed on the system – it opens the domain with Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses automatically.
Where does Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses come from?
Fake alerts are usually displayed by dubious domains. For example, Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses might be displayed to you by qom007.site/pc, xom003.site/pc, or gom009.site/pc. It is not very likely that there are users who open them consciously. In most cases, they are redirected to these domains when they enter dubious websites or click on malicious links. Also, as has already been mentioned in this article, the periodic appearance of the Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses fake warning might be directly associated with the untrustworthy program installed on the system. They usually travel in software bundles, which is why so many users do not know how they enter their computers. Untrustworthy software starts working soon after the installation, so if you have recently installed new software, it would be smart to check all installed applications and remove suspicious/unknown ones.
How to remove Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses
The Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses fake alert should disappear from your screen when you close your web browser; however, if it turns out that it is harder to get rid of it than you thought, you should simply scan your system with an automated antimalware scanner. Please use only a 100% reliable scanner because other scanners might not be able to detect and remove the latest infections.
Remove Your Windows Computer Is Infected With Viruses
Delete suspicious applications
Windows XP
- Click Start.
- Select Control Panel and click Add or Remove Programs.
- Select suspicious software.
- Click Remove.
Windows 7/Vista/8/8.1/10
- Launch Run (press Win+R).
- Type Control Panel and press Enter.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Select unknown software and click Uninstall.
Reset web browsers to default settings
Internet Explorer
- Launch Internet Explorer.
- Press Alt+T and select Internet Options from the Tools menu.
- Click Advanced.
- Click Reset.
- Check the box next to Delete personal settings.
- Click the Reset button again to confirm the browser reset.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open Mozilla Firefox.
- Press Alt+H.
- Select Troubleshooting information.
- At the upper part of the window, click Refresh Firefox.
- Click Refresh Firefox in the dialog box.
Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome.
- Press Alt+F to access its menu and select Settings.
- Go to the bottom of the page, click Advanced.
- Under Reset, click Reset.
- Click Reset once again when prompted.
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