14 Jan 2008 | By Kristopher | Posted under Fake Antispyware, Trojans | No Comments »

VirProtect Threat Level: VirProtect is a pest

VirProtect is another rogue anti-spyware application. Like other fake anti-spyware applications, VirProtect gives false positives when it scans your PC, and VirProtect can’t remove most of the popular threats to your system. VirProtect may also popup tons of fake security alerts to try to scare you into buying the “full” version of VirProtect. VirProtect’s popup might read:

“System Alert!
System has detected a number of active spyware applications that may impact the performance of your computer. Click the icon to get rid of unwanted spyware by download and up-to-date antispyware solution.”

Unless you like wasting money, don’t buy VirProtect or visit VirProtect.com.

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