Privacy Code

Privacy Code is a rogue security application belonging to a family targeting Korean computer users. Privacy Code and its clones started making their appearance online in fall of 2011 and, despite being targeted towards Korean victims, Privacy Code and its clones have managed to infect computer systems from all around the world. The fact that Privacy Code's entire interface and error messages are written in Korean makes Privacy Code a particularly baffling malware infection to western victims. This is because the sudden appearance of a strange program on one's computer is even more shocking when one cannot understand any of its messages or displays. If your computer system has become infected with Privacy Code, ESG security researchers recommend using a fully-updated anti-malware application to scan your computer system and remove Privacy Code immediately. If you have trouble accessing your anti-malware software (for example, if you receive an error message when trying to launch it or if it crashes as soon as you open it), then Privacy Code may be interfering with your operating system. Most of the time, this problem can be solved by starting up Windows in Safe Mode, thereby preventing Privacy Code from launching upon start-up.

Protecting Yourself from Privacy Code

Privacy Code belongs to a kind of malware infection that is designed to pretend to be a legitimate security application in order to convince its victims to purchase a useless 'full version' of Privacy Code. On top of infecting your computer, spying on your online activity and interfering with your computer's normal operations, Privacy Code cynically will try to scam you by selling you a fake anti-virus solution to solve the very problems that Privacy Code is causing on your computer system. Fortunately, these effects are lost on most non-Korean speakers, which will simply find that an incomprehensible alien presence has invaded their computer system. Privacy Code, specifically, can be prevented by avoiding websites or files hosted on Korean servers. However, the best way to prevent a Privacy Code infection is by making sure to follow safe browsing practices and maintain your security software fully updated. Avoid clicking on unknown links, visiting unknown websites, opening email attachments from unknown sources or downloading unknown files. Privacy Code is associated with a dangerous Trojan infection which cannot infect your computer system unless it can trick you into downloading Privacy Code and installing Privacy Code yourself.