VirusCleaner is fake antivirus software trying to ride off avast! Virus Cleaner’s good name. avast! Virus Cleaner actually removes viruses and badware from your PC. VirusCleaner tells you you’ve got imaginary viruses on your PC, and I wonder if VirusCleaner can even remove the viruses it made up. VirusCleaner spoofs security alerts to trick you into thinking you’re infected. A VirusCleaner popup may read:

“Resident Shield Alert. Accessed file is infected. Threat detected! File name: C:\WINDOWS\504052.exe; Threat name: Virus found Win32/Heur; Detected on open.”

If you’re seeing this VirusCleaner pop-up alert, likely the only badware on your machine is VirusCleaner. VirusCleaner can’t remove anything; do not confuse it with avast! Virus Cleaner. VirusCleaner is scareware that just wants to scare you into wasting dough on its “full” — or “fool” — version.

Let me show you how to uninstall VirusCleaner.

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