VirusBursters is rogue anti-spyware software that may install itself onto your PC without your knowledge. VirusBursters may not really find and remove spyware parasites from your computer, but may issue fake alerts to try to scare you into buying the “full version” of VirusBursters. VirusBursters may issue these false alerts through a Trojan that wil display warnings in your system tray.

VirusBursters’s fake warning may pop up as a notification balloon titled “Critical System Errors!”, which may read:

“System detected virus activities. They may cause critical system failure. Please, use antimalware software to clean and protect your system from parasite programs. Click this baloon to get all available software.”

or

“System detected virus activities. They may cause critical system failure. Please, use AntiSpyware software to clean and protect your system from parasite programs. Click this baloon to get all available software.”

If you click the warning, you may be taken to a website to purchase VirusBursters. VirusBursters may come bundled with other malware and may damage your PC. VirusBursters may be a clone of VirusBurst.

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