Disk Antivirus Professional Description

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Disk Antivirus Professional is one of the many fake anti-virus programs that belong to the WinWebSec family of rogue security applications. These kinds of fake anti-virus programs are designed to display false positives on the victim’s computer and to cause a number of symptoms deliberately in order to trick a computer user into thinking that their computer has become infected with dangerous malware. The point of this scam is to convince computer users to download and install Disk Antivirus Professional and then to pay for a ‘full version’ of Disk Antivirus Professional. This fake security program can also compromise your computer by directing computer users to an online video which content is designed to direct computer users to websites that possesses a malicious content and may install malware on your computer without your authorization.

The Disk Antivirus Professional scam is not particularly original. ESG security researchers have observed variants of rogue anti-virus programs similar to Disk Antivirus Professional going as far back as 2006 (and probably before as well). Disk Antivirus Professional’s family of malware in particular has been around since 2009. This online scam is not difficult to understand; Disk Antivirus Professional will pretend to be a legitimate security program by using a false user interface and highly realistic error messages, fake scans and other false components. Computer users alarmed to think that their computer is severely infected with malware may be tricked into paying for a useless ‘full version’ of Disk Antivirus Professional, often disclosing their credit card details in the process.

Removing a Disk Antivirus Professional infection can be difficult due to the fact that Disk Antivirus Professional has been known to interfere with common security programs and with other files. Disk Antivirus Professional will prevent you from opening files or applications, displaying error messages claiming that Disk Antivirus Professional has blocked that file for your own security in order to protect you from a supposed malware threat. To bypass this, ESG security researchers advise starting up Windows in Safe Mode to prevent Disk Antivirus Professional from launching automatically. Then, a reliable anti-virus program should be used to detect and remove files and harmful registry entries associated with Disk Antivirus Professional. To prevent further attacks, it is recommended to only download and install anti-malware programs from reliable, well known sources.

Type: Rogue AntiSpyware Programs

How Can You Detect Disk Antivirus Professional?

Disk Antivirus Professional Technical Report

As new Disk Antivirus Professional details are reported by our customers and findings from our Threat Research Center, we will update this section.

Fake message for Disk Antivirus Professional:

The following fake error message(s) appears for Disk Antivirus Professional:

Warning! The site you are trying visit may harm your computer!
Your security setting level puts your computer at risk!
Activate Disk Antivirus Professional, and enable safe web surfing (recommended).
Ignore warnings and visit that site in the current stat (not recommended).

Warning!
Application cannot be executed. The file GoogleUpdate.exe infected.
Please activate your antivirus software.

Spyware.IEMonster activity detected. This is spyware that attempts to steal passwords from Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook and other programs.
Click here to remove it immediately with Disk Antivirus.

Security Monitor: WARNING!
Attention! System detected a potential hazard (TrojanSPM/LX) on your computer that may infect executable files. Your private information and PC safety is at risk.
To get rid of unwanted spyware and keep your computer safe your need to update your current security software.
Click Yes to download official intrusion detection system (IDS software).

Disk Antivirus Professional Warning
Intercepting programs that may compromise your privacy and harm your system have been detected on your PC.
Click here to remove them immediately with Disk Antivirus Professional.

Warning: Your computer is infected
Detected spyware infection!
Click this message to install the last update of security software…

Disk Antivirus Warning
Your PC is still infected with dangerous viruses. Activate antivirus protection to prevent data loss and avoid the theft of your credit card details.

‘How Disk Antivirus Professional Infects Your Computer’ Video

Disk Antivirus Professional Removal Details

Disk Antivirus Professional has typically the following processes in memory:

• %CommonAppData%\[RANDOM NUMBERS AND CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM NUMBERS AND CHARACTERS].exe

Disk Antivirus Professional creates the following files in the system:

• %CommonAppData%\[RANDOM NUMBERS AND CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM NUMBERS AND CHARACTERS].ico
• %CommonAppData%\[RANDOM NUMBERS AND CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM NUMBERS AND CHARACTERS]

Disk Antivirus Professional creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “[RANDOM NUMBERS AND CHARACTERS]“

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