Windows-Antivirus.net
If you find your browser is constantly sending you to Windows-antivirus.net when you are trying to look at something else, you have malware on your computer. Windows-antivirus.net is a malicious website that promotes and supports the fake anti-virus program Antivirus Live. Please remember that if your browser is not already redirecting to Windows-antivirus.net, you should not visit that website under any circumstances.
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The Malware Associated with Windows-antivirus.net
There are two pieces of malware that can cause your web browser to redirect to Windows-antivirus.net. One is a hijacker, which exists in order to cause this browser redirection, so that you look at the phony website for Antivirus Live as much as possible. The Windows-antivirus.net hijacker will prevent you from viewing any other websites, and it may make Windows-antivirus.net your homepage. The hijacker may even create alerts that pop-up and say that your computer's security is in jeopardy and that Antivirus Live could solve your problem. All of the Windows-antivirus.net hijacker's activities also have a tendency to consume resources and slow down the infected computer, possibly causing it to crash.
Antivirus Live, which is a rogue anti-virus application and not real anti-virus software, can also cause your browser to redirect to Windows-antivirus.net. In the case of Antivirus Live, the parasite is redirecting you to Windows-antivirus.net because it uses the site as a payment page. Antivirus Live is typical fake anti-virus software, and Windows-antivirus.net uses ransoming and scare tactics to get people to pay a useless registration fee. In order to do that, Antivirus Live needs a payment site that looks at least minimally realistic, and Windows-antivirus.net is that site.
The Weak Performance of Windows-antivirus.net as a Site
Windows-antivirus.net, as a website, is very bland and has just enough content to try to look like a real site. Windows-antivirus.net shamelessly promotes Antivirus Live, with fake testimonials, fake information about the "company" behind Antivirus Live, and the blue-and-white Microsoft Malware Protection Center shield logo (without permission). Don't let Windows-antivirus.net con you into thinking that it has connection go Microsoft, to Windows, or to any real company, because it doesn't. The hijacker referred to as Windows-antivirus.net has been recognized as malware since January 2010.
File System Details
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Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
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| 1. | %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random]\[random]sysguard.exe | |
| 2. | %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random] |
