Vista Protection 2013

Vista Protection 2013 is a rogue security program that, despite its name, makes it looks like as if Vista Protection 2013 is actually a security program. This misleading name is intentional; Vista Protection 2013 is part of a well known online scam that involves disguising malware as anti-virus software. Vista Protection 2013 in particular is part of a large family of these kinds of rogue security applications which is known as . One of the defining characteristics of malware in the Braviax family it's their ability to change their names and appearance depending on the victim's operating system. Vista Protection 2013, as its name implies, attacks computers that use the Windows Vista operating system. Variants of this malware infection targeting the two operating systems corresponding to these names, Windows XP and Windows 7, may have names like

It is important to remember that Vista Protection 2013 does not have the ability to remove malware. Rather, Vista Protection 2013 is used to convince computer users to pay for fake 'upgrades', allowing criminals to steal credit card credentials and money from their victims. Because of this, Vista Protection 2013 should be removed with a reliable anti-malware program. To prevent Vista Protection 2013 from interfering with your security applications, ESG security analysts advise starting up the infected computer in Safe Mode.

Symptoms of a Vista Protection 2013 Infection

Vista Protection 2013 is specifically designed to make computer users believe that their machine is dangerously infected with malware. To do this, Vista Protection 2013 causes the appearance of numerous fake error messages on the victim's computer. Apart from these error messages, Vista Protection 2013 will also display fake system scans and cause the victim's web browser to visit websites associated with Vista Protection 2013 repeatedly. Other symptoms related to Vista Protection 2013 include general system performance issues and problems specifically related to legitimate security programs been used on the victim's computer. Trying to use Vista Protection 2013 to solve these supposed malware infections simply results in more error messages claiming that it is necessary to 'upgrade' to a supposed full version of Vista Protection 2013. Of course, since the 'full version' is just as useless as the normal version of this threat, ESG security researchers strongly advise computer users against paying for any supposed upgrades.