There has been a proliferation of fake virus alert or rogue security software attacks. These programs create a legitimate looking pop-up window that appears on your screen while you surf the web notifying you that your computer has become infected and prompts you to take some sort of action such as: clicking to install software, pressing ok to install updates of some sort, or clicking to remove non-existent virus or spyware infections.

When you click the rogue software actually downloads to your computer and installs itself. Once installed the rogue software can perform any number of malicious activities. Predominantly the software will attempt to lure you into paying for non-existent software to remove the 'viruses' that are infecting your PC. However, this rogue software also will disable your legitimate antivirus software, steal personal information from your computer such as credit card information, and disable windows updates and/or make your computer completely unusable...

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