What is Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014?
Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 is a fake antivirus program which means that the application tries to pass for a legitimate computer security program. The rogue tries that because it needs to convince unsuspecting computer users their systems are threatened by serious infections, and thus they need to activate the full version of Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 to protect their computers from harm. Needless to say, the scam is devised to help cyber criminals make easy money, and your job right here is to remove Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 from the system without further ado.
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Where does Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 come from?
Since it is a malicious infection, Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 does not inform user about the oncoming installation like most of the adware programs do. However, it does employ similar distribution methods. For example, Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 may be distributed bundled with potentially unwanted software or the download link could be embedded in pop-up ads on unreliable commercial websites. Hence, we can see that in one way or the other, users initiate the rogue download. It calls for extreme caution when you browse the Internet, as dangerous links are always just a click away.
As far as the origins of this rogue are concerned, Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 is one of the many “chameleon” programs from the Braviax family. It is simply a newer clone of Sirius Win 7 Antispyware 2014 and Rango Win 7 Antispyware 2014, and these are just two Braviax rogues that have been released this year. There is an entire list of previously released applications as well. This list is also extensive because these rogues change their names according to your operating system, thus, there is also Zorton Win XP Antivirus 2014, Zorton Vista Antivirus 2014, and Zorton Win 8 Antivirus 2014 out there.
What does Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014?
Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 is a very typical rogue because it runs a fake system scan and presents users with forged scan results, saying that the PC is severely infected with malware. Then it offers users to purchase the full version of the program, claiming that this is the only way you can remove all the malicious threats from your computer.
On top of that, Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 slows down your system, connects to the Internet without your permission and auto-starts with Windows. It also blocks exe files and prevents you from accessing the Internet making it quite hard to suffer this infection.
How to remove Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014?
Unfortunately, the newest batch of the Braviax rogues do not come with a registration key that would allow us to “activate” the rogues and buy us some time to remove them in Normal Mode. On the other hand, you can remove Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014 automatically in Safe Mode with Networking. While you are at it, please make sure that you invest in a licensed antispyware tool because you simply must protect your computer from similar infections.
Delete Zorton Win 7 Antivirus 2014
- Restart your computer and tap F8 repeatedly.
- Use arrow keys to navigate and select Safe Mode with Networking.
- Press Enter and wait for the system to load.
- Go to http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/download-sph and install SpyHunter.
- Launch the program and scan your PC.
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