Vista AdwareCops 2011

Please do not trust Vista AdwareCops 2011 with your PC security. Contrary to what Vista AdwareCops 2011 wants you to believe, Vista AdwareCops 2011 is not security software – Vista AdwareCops 2011 is malware. Vista AdwareCops 2011 is not capable of detecting or removing threats from your computer.

What Vista AdwareCops 2011 is, and How it Gets onto Your Computer

If Vista AdwareCops 2011 is present on your computer, you almost certainly did not install Vista AdwareCops 2011. Vista AdwareCops 2011 relies on Trojans in order to infiltrate computer systems. The Trojan that supports Vista AdwareCops 2011 may be bundled with something that you download from a freeware site or file sharing service, or Vista AdwareCops 2011 may be hidden in a program update or video codec that you download from a third-party website. Either way, as soon as the Trojan is inside the computer, it takes care of setting up Vista AdwareCops 2011. Vista AdwareCops 2011 will be configured to run every time Windows starts, and the next time you start your computer, you will notice Vista AdwareCops 2011.

In order to scare you into thinking that you have to purchase Vista AdwareCops 2011, the malware will run fake system scans and display completely bogus security alerts. Although the phony "scans" will be run from an interface that is made to look at least somewhat realistic, the scans themselves are nothing more than progress animations. The results that Vista AdwareCops 2011 will give for its scans are completely fabricated and false. Nonetheless, Vista AdwareCops 2011 will tell you that the only way to remove the threats that Vista AdwareCops 2011 has found is to pay for your copy of its software, so that you have a "licensed" or "registered" version.

Vista AdwareCops 2011 will also promote itself by creating a bunch of fake security alerts, which will frequently pop-up while you try to use your computer. The content of the alerts is extremely vague, and will include bland statements about your system performing poorly or possibly not being secure. If you fall for these alerts and you follow the prompts that they provide, Vista AdwareCops 2011 will ultimately direct you to its payment site. You can pay for Vista AdwareCops 2011, but doing that will not get you anything, because the software is completely phony. The entire thing is a scam.

Aside from these very typical scare tactics, Vista AdwareCops 2011 may cause some other problems. You may find that your web browser is being redirected to sites other than the ones you try to visit, and you may be unable to start any ordinary, legitimate anti-virus software that you have.

AdwareCops 2011 is Possiblely a Link to Older Malware

It is possible that Vista AdwareCops 2011 is related to, or even cloned from, a rogue anti-virus application that was causing problems several years ago. From 2004 to 2006 or so, a fake anti-virus program called AwareCops was a common Internet threat. Like Vista AdwareCops 2011, AdwareCops pretended to be anti-virus software, in order to squeeze money out of the users of infected PCs. Therefore, it would be prudent to treat any program with a name including the phrase "Adware Cops" with a good deal of suspicion.