Vista Scan Repair

Vista Scan Repair, which is sometimes also referred to as Vista Scan Repair Utilities or Vista Scan Repair Attack, is malware that does not limit itself to computers running Windows Vista. Vista Scan Repair is a fake security program, and Vista Scan Repair targets all versions of Windows.

How Vista Scan Repair Infects a Computer, and What an Infection Looks Like

Vista Scan Repair is a typical rogue anti-virus, and so Vista Scan Repair uses Trojans to find a route into victim PC. The Trojan that Vista Scan Repair uses may be hidden in a file downloaded from a file sharing service or freeware site, or Vista Scan Repair may be hidden in a video codec or program update downloaded from a questionable source. Sometimes, the Trojan supporting Vista Scan Repair may be downloaded into your computer when you click a malicious link or use a fake online free system scan. In any case, you will not know that the Trojan was downloaded. Once it is on your computer, the Trojan will do the work of setting up Vista Scan Repair. Because of some changes that the malware makes to your computer's registry, Vista Scan Repair will run every time Windows starts, beginning with the next time you restart the computer.

When Vista Scan Repair loads at system start, you will see its fake user interface, where Vista Scan Repair will begin running a completely phony scan of your computer. Every time this scan runs, it will generate a list of results, and Vista Scan Repair will tell you that the only way to remove these so-called threats is to pay for a registered or full version of Vista Scan Repair. If you follow the prompts that Vista Scan Repair provides, Vista Scan Repair will ultimately direct you to a payment website. Similarly, Vista Scan Repair will generate pop-up security alerts that say that your system is in danger from a variety of threats, and these alerts will also recommend a purchase of Vista Scan Repair. Please do not pay the money that Vista Scan Repair requests, however, because Vista Scan Repair can't detect threats or remove them.

In order to convince you to fork over your money, Vista Scan Repair makes some rather unusual (for a fake security software) claims about what Vista Scan Repair is capable of. For example, Vista Scan Repair claims to be able to protect networks and to defend against phishing attacks. Obviously, Vista Scan Repair can't do either of those things; these claims are only there in order to make Vista Scan Repair seem realistic and convincing, so that you will believe that Vista Scan Repair is real and that you need to pay for Vista Scan Repair.

Vista Scan Repair may try to prevent you from removing Vista Scan Repair, by preventing other programs from running. Vista Scan Repair may also hijack your web browser and redirect it to malicious websites, making it difficult to do online research on removal of Vista Scan Repair.

Vista Scan Repair really has nothing to offer. Do not follow Vista Scan Repair's recommendations, and don't let Vista Scan Repair scare you. Vista Scan Repair can be safely removed, and you don't have to pay its con-artist creators in order to do it.