Windows Emergency System

The malware flavor of the day is Windows Emergency System! This is the latest release from the scammers who keep re-releasing the same malware literally every day – with a different name each time, of course. Prove that you're smarter than these lazy creeps, and don't fall for the Windows Emergency System scam.

Before we get into the symptoms caused by Windows Emergency System, there are some important things you should know. First, Windows Emergency System is not a Microsoft product, and Windows Emergency System is not a pre-installed Windows program, either. Windows doesn't have an "Emergency System." Second, Windows Emergency System is completely useless as anti-virus software, because Windows Emergency System is fake. Most importantly, you should disregard anything Windows Emergency System tells you about your computer, because Windows Emergency System is just trying to scare you into paying money for a nonexistent software license.

Symptoms of Windows Emergency System Infection

Windows Emergency System causes a set of symptoms that are run-of-the-mill by now, considering the way that this malware is re-released every day. Windows Emergency System relies on the Fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alerts Malware, which is a Trojan, in order to find a way into your PC. Usually, the Trojan is hidden in something that doesn't look dangerous, and the most common hiding spots are program updates downloaded from third-party websites, fake online virus scanners, and phony video codecs. The Trojan gets in, and it starts causing these alerts to appear, and the alerts look as though they are coming from Microsoft Security Essentials. The alerts will say that a Trojan has been detected, and then recommend a download of a security program in order to remove the supposed threat. All you have to do is click a button that says "OK" when prevented with the download option, and you download Windows Emergency System.

Windows Emergency System uses scare tactics, relying on a common fear of malware and lack of proper computer security in order to get people to panic into paying money for software that simply doesn't exist. So, Windows Emergency System will run bogus system scans when your computer starts, and the scans will always have long, scary lists of results. Of course, the results are a pre-programmed nonsense; you don't have those infections on your computer. Nonetheless, Windows Emergency System will tell you that Windows Emergency System has found urgent "threats", and you must purchase the Windows Emergency System's license to have it removed.

The same thing happens with the alerts and error messages that Windows Emergency System generates. The alerts will be the same few, over and over. Contrary to what these alerts tell you, Firefox is not a keylogger, lsass.exe is not a file that screws up the boot process and no one is trying to tamper with your "register keys." So when these alerts urge you to buy a license for Windows Emergency System, ignore them. Unfortunately, it's harder to ignore the error messages that you get when Windows Emergency System prevents all your other programs from opening, and when Windows Emergency System redirects your web browser to its own malicious websites – because while the fake security alerts might be annoying, these other error messages are fishier than a rotting salmon. Seriously, the con-artists behind Windows Emergency System expect you to believe that all of your other programs are malicious or infected? Please – Windows Emergency System is just trying to prevent you from removing Windows Emergency System.

Malware Related to Windows Emergency System, and the Bigger Picture

So, as you might expect, Windows Emergency System is part of a large-scale scam, which also includes all of its other various incarnations under different names. This scam has been going on for the past few months, and it's well-known by now that this whole thing is being operated out of Russia. It's best to avoid anything that looks like Windows Emergency System, by watching out for names that follow the scam's naming convention: "Windows" plus one or two other words from lists. Don't back down to Windows Emergency System, or any other malware that is a re-release of the same garbage.